Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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I only want to help the situation. Dr. Hendrick said that the carbon capture is 10 tonnes of CO2 per hectare per year. If we planted 1,000 hectares more per year, we would reduce the agricultural sector's carbon emissions for 2020 or whatever. We would also give ourselves a very sellable product everywhere around the world because our emissions would be lower. At present, the initiative would still assist in reducing our emissions but the agricultural sector would only get a quarter of the benefit because every other sector is sweeping a bit out of it.