Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 15 November 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action
Sequestration and Land Management-Nature Restoration: Discussion
Dr. Lilian O'Sullivan:
I thank the Deputy. Phase one has just been completed, so the final report is currently under development. That was very much an evidence gathering piece of work to see where we are at in terms of land use, what we know of ownership, indicators that might be relevant and so forth. There were pieces of work outsourced to look at the socioeconomics around land use and scenarios related to climate. What will happen now is that a second phase will commence and that should be at the end of next year. That will look more deeply at of some of the research gaps that will emerge as part of phase one.