Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 28 March 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action
Nature Restoration Law and Land Use Review: Discussion
Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent)
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I am just looking at the hard targets of 20 megatonnes because for the committee that is the bottom line that we need to adhere to. It seems to me that laws might support those farmers, for example, who want to make transitions in terms of rewetting. Some of them may do it for carbon reasons while others may do it for biodiversity reasons. Perhaps having a legal basis or legal requirement would make that easier in case farmers were challenged in terms of their choice to rewet.