Mr. Paul Kelly:

I will answer Deputy Coffey's questions on jobs and ask Ms O'Shea to deal with carbon emissions and what is happening directly in regard to farmers. Then perhaps Ms Joyce-O'Caollai could address the issue of renewable energy.

Our economics unit has done an analysis using the input-output tables from the CSO. We have used the targets as outlined - the 42% increase in exports, the 50% in milk production and the other numbers for pigmeat production, seafood, beef, sheepmeat and prepared consumer foods. If those targets are met we estimate an additional 25,000 to 30,000 jobs by 2020. Approximately 20% of those would be in manufacturing and the vast bulk of the remaining 80% would be at farm level and in ancillary services. That is the prize in terms of these export targets being reached.

In a broad sense we believe the carbon leakage concept or food leakage concept, if one wants to call it that, would apply. All the additional food that will be produced here will be exported so certainly an economic benefit will arise from the jobs I mentioned. We will be selling that into overseas markets, partly EU markets, but in the main it will be to third countries in Asia and so on. If we do not fill that demand someone else will.