Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 22 February 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Forestry Policy and Strategy (Resumed): Discussion
Paul Daly (Fianna Fail)
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I am sorry about this but the witnesses will understand the situation. I had one more question to ask if I had the time, so I got a lucky break with the Dáil vote. My question concerns the carbon credit issue and who is going to own the carbon. Where is the IFA on all of that? Who will own the carbon credits if the farmer buys in and confidence is restored? That is the next debate coming down the line. Where is the IFA on all of that and where do the witnesses think it might go? There is a belief that part of the reason corporates are coming in is that they think this will be an asset and they will be able to carbon trade down the line. The witnesses can answer those questions when we come back. I must suspend the meeting.