Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 17 November 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Carbon Sequestration and Storage in Agriculture: Discussion

Mr. Bill Callanan:

I am saying in practical terms, and I am dealing with farmers a long time, I am not aware of land of the type the Deputy is talking about that is being stocked at that level. We are talking about land that is predominately summer grazed or managed. We have moved and continue to move to a situation of overall avoidance of compliance limits under the likes of derogation through the inclusion of marginal land but there are no proposals or suggested restrictions through nitrates on the stock-carrying capacity of that land as it is being farmed by a typical beef farmer etc.