Dr. Frank O'Mara:

My colleague, Dr. Donnellan, and I will respond to members' questions. Dr. Donnellan will return to Deputy Charlie McConalogue's question on where we see the curve going on Ireland's future emissions and carbon footprint.

As Deputy Martin Kenny asked very specific questions, my answers may not be exact. He asked how much of our feed was imported. In the dairy sector concentrated feeds make up approximately 20% of the diet and about half of the concentrates are imported. Therefore, about 10% of the diet of a dairy cow is made up of imported feed. It would be less than that if we looked at it on a fresh weight basis, just counting kilos of grass and silage, but the 10% figure is on a dry matter basis.