Ms Edwina Love:

The actions that the agricultural sector is being asked to adopt were identified initially by Teagasc in the marginal abatement cost curve that was done in the analysis. Many of the actions are cost-effective on the ground. To reach within the range that we are setting out, we are looking to mobilise as many of those actions as possible, as quickly as possible. Once that process is under way, it will be about getting better, not bigger, and focusing on margins rather than the numbers. The scale of this transformation is not to be underestimated. We have clearly stated on record that reaching that 22% reduction will be extraordinarily challenging and, going beyond that, we are looking to future developments in technology to get us there. We do not have those solutions yet. As my colleague, Mr. Crammond, has outlined, we intend and hope, as the research suggests, that the feed additives piece will deliver benefits on a considerable scale. We just do not have that certainty right now, however.