Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 12 February 2013
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Use of Commonage Lands: Discussion with Teagasc, NARGC and Golden Eagle Trust
4:10 pm
Mr. Pat Murphy:
We have had many dealings with the National Parks and Wildlife Service and the Department. There is a common objective to do the right thing and everybody is working towards that. Sometimes it is very difficult to do this within the resources that people have. Some agri-environmental schemes have been run by the National Parks and Wildlife Service and others are run by the Department. It is important that we ensure there is a consistent message coming to farmers, with a consistent and flexible approach to agri-environmental protection from a single or combined source.