Mr. Niall ? Brolch?in:

I found the use of a working assumption of 20 tonnes emissions per hectare for agricultural lands very interesting. The figures I gave for 10 million tonnes were based on the latest research, which is that 10 tonnes per hectare was the assumption. We have used very conservative figures which are based in science fact. Deputy Smith is right in that it is not scientific breakthroughs we are looking at; it is actual measurements that need to be carried out. I recognise that Teagasc has put in place a number eddy covariance flux towers, so we need to get going. That is one of the recommendations I made. We need better measurements on a broad scale across the country.