Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 2 March 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Photo of Pauline O'ReillyPauline O'Reilly (Green Party) | Oireachtas source

That is hugely important. It is not its sole function to reduce carbon but at the same time we need to see some figures on it. Even from the point of view of land use for biodiversity, we need to see what those figures are. I mentioned earlier that the requirement to have permission or screening on some land is not there at the moment. That is having a deep impact on biodiversity. All of these pieces are part of the jigsaw around land use that we can point to and say what we have changed. I still have further questions following this meeting.

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