Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 5 November 2019

Public Accounts Committee

2018 Annual Report of the Accounts of the Public Services
Chapter 9 - Greenhouse Gas-Related Financial Transactions: Discussion

8:20 pm

Photo of Kate O'ConnellKate O'Connell (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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I know that. I am talking specifically about carbon. Farmers will receive credits to encourage them to plant trees. It is a carbon credit. Why are they not receiving them for grassland and hedgerows? It is the same trick, albeit with different levels or quantities of carbon. I cannot see why the scheme only applies to one species.