Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Yes. There is not much content-wise although it is a long enough letter. It goes through the Common Agricultural Policy, CAP, funding until 2027 and references 2028 to 2030 as being unknown due, obviously, to the next United Nations Forum on Forests, UNFF, covering that period. It would be useful if we could get clarification from the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications on whether there has been engagement with either the Department of Finance or Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine regarding the suggestion from within the European Commission that a larger CAP should be delivered in 2024 to assist the delivery of our climate action plan targets.

Second, it would be useful if we could get a sense from the Department, in terms of the climate action plan, on whether it plans to provide additional funding to the delivery of emissions reductions within the agriculture sector specifically or how it intends to operate that.