Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 19 October 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

EU Nature Restoration Target and General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed)

Ms Geraldine O'Sullivan:

In relation to the first question on the phase one of the land use review. As part of the sectoral targets in July, when they were setting the land use, land-use change and forestry, LULUCF, they said that before they could set the LULUCF target, there would need to be a land use review. That was going to take 18 months. They were to gather all the current information that has been available and that has been worked on. I think that is what the Minister was referring to as the phase one in the development, that is, in identifying how they were going to set that sectoral target. That is looking at existing information in relation to our land use, soils and starting the process. Then it will go into phase two and that is being led by the EPA.

On the Life project, I think Deputy Fitzmaurice is referring to the Burren Life project.