Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 December 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

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

12:30 pm

Mr. Trevor Donnellan:

I cannot answer that question. The specific example offered in the report addresses the use of mustard as the cover crop. Some farmers in Ireland still grow sugar beet or fodder beet as an animal feed. If the Deputy is asking about sugar beet as a crop that will not be used for animal feed, the issue might come back to the supply chain. It depends on what the crop will ultimately be used for.