Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

For example, if you take the new agri-climate rural environment scheme, ACRES, we have significant measures included there, along the lines of riparian zones, where they are left alone to act as riparian zones, and also to act as a space for nature within that. Across the board, we have a range of measures, which are about incorporating space for nature, and space for improving and addressing what has been a biodiversity decline that has happened over a generation, and enabling farmers to step that out. Farmers are up for it, and ACRES reflects that.