Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 20 February 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Climate Change Issues specific to the Agriculture, Food and Marine Sectors: Discussion (Resumed)

3:30 pm

Mr. Cormac Healy:

Absolutely. That is the reason for the focus. We will never solve the challenge unless we work with farm organisations and farmers to confront it. It is a challenge for livestock production. Of the volume associated with agriculture, 90% occurs at farm level, so that is where we have to tackle the issue. At processing plant level------