Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 13 November 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed)

3:00 pm

Mr. Charles Shier:

Not here, but we have a framework on future land use covering all sorts, including renewable energy, forestry potential and commercial applications. There are areas along the Shannon valley in particular which we know will be easy to rewet or reflood whereas if we reflooded other areas, we would have a lot of water meadows in the surrounding farmland which is a place we are not going to go. There are areas that will be used for woodland and forest.