Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 January 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Regulation on Nature Restoration: European Commission

Dr. Humberto Delgado Rosa:

Not at my level and I doubt it is at my colleagues' level because it seems to be rather specific national legislation. In any case, it does illustrate what the Deputy said with regard to what were past priorities.

I am sure that when that legislation was done in the 1940s, bringing marginal land into production was a must, for whatever reason. There has been the evolution in the situation of the country, of the climate and the whole global situation that can require a need to revisit past legislation and to refine present objectives. We know more nowadays than probably was known in the 1940s on just how precious these ecosystems are for current purposes, including climate.

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