Dr. Eimear Cotter:

Agriculture is responsible for 32% of our emissions but the EU target is a 20% reduction in national emissions and agriculture and transport are the two big sectors in that target. It is an overall 20% target by 2020 which has not been apportioned across sectors and individual sectoral targets have not been set. It is 12% growth up to 2020 for the agriculture sector. Projections have shown that the emissions will grow by 12% but overall we need a 20% reduction, which is a very large gap. Agriculture will have a very big part to play in helping us to achieve that target. I hope I have answered the first part of the Senator's questions.