Brian Leddin (Limerick City, Green Party)
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The Chairman of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Cahill, intended to chair the meeting. It is an initiative that has been led by his committee. It is certainly a very welcome initiative for it and the Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action, which I chair, to work together. As I understand it, this is the first time the two committees have had a joint session. Although we have different remits, we are certainly looking at the broader challenge and both committees are working very hard in that effort. This is an initiative that will strengthen our understanding of the challenge in agriculture and the transition it is going through. At the outset, we wanted to frame this in a positive way and to look at the opportunities that exist in the sector that will help it to transition to a lower-carbon model.