Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Before I go to the next speaker, there has been serious focus on forestry in recent years. It has been stated that the amount planted this year will be the lowest since the Second World War. I do not know from where the transformation will come to meet our afforestation targets.

In her opening statement, Ms Love mentioned finishing cattle earlier. To finish cattle earlier will require more concentrates. I do not know how that circle can be squared. If more concentrates are used, it will have a larger carbon footprint. Producing cattle off grass, our natural way of doing it, is the most carbon-efficient way of producing beef. I am a farmer and I know that proposing that cattle be finished earlier and expecting that to have a transformative effect on our emission targets will not work.