Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 8 April 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Overview of Land Use: EPA and Teagasc

3:25 pm

Photo of Andrew DoyleAndrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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If public good is counted in terms of carbon sinks, recreational amenities, etc., one is entitled to be rewarded for that work. We learned from our meetings with groups from the Burren that the best people to do this work are the ones who are always there, namely, the farmers and landowners.