Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 5 October 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
EU Nature Restoration Target: COPA-COGECA
Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein)
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I want to get an answer to the question I asked earlier about the pesticide aspect of the nature restoration target. We had a petitioner before the Committee on Public Petitions who raised concerns. Does the risk assessment show the use of pesticides is necessary? Are risk management measures being put in place? If enacted, what will the restoration target do to address that? We know the effect pesticides have on wildlife and watercourses and the danger they create for the public.