Brian Leddin (Limerick City, Green Party)
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There is a narrative that rewetting land equates to flooding land but that has been categorically denied and dismissed by any scientific evidence we have heard. Farming can continue on many of these lands. The farming season will perhaps be shorter but we should be absolutely clear that while rewetting of lands requires raising the water table it is not the case that this amounts to flooding lands and putting them out of agricultural production.