Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 24 March 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action
Exploring Technologies and Opportunities to Reduce Emissions in the Agriculture Sector: Discussion

Mr. Desmond Savage:

That is the point I am making. There is not enough focus on it. Without measuring something, you cannot improve it. The Deputy mentioned that this committee is concentrating on ways of reducing emissions. From my experience in manufacturing - and I have worked in some of the largest multinationals in the world - I know that you have to get the metrics in place before you put can put improvement projects in place. I feel that is a gap in the approach that has been taken to methane emissions. I passionately believe we can reduce emissions and that this will have a net benefit in terms on the environment globally if we approach it in the right way. However, without having the right metrics in place, we will struggle to find the right methods to improve.