Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 4 May 2023

Public Accounts Committee

Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres

9:30 am

Mr. Bill Callanan:

The CCAC is independent in its working. Within the overall structure, Teagasc has a seat on that. The director sits as part of the CCAC process, as does the director of the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA. There are a number of nominated positions within the CCAC. It worked out the budget for 2025 and 2030 and an indicative 2035 budget. Government has effectively adopted that as its policy position. From the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine's point of view, that was disaggregated down into a 25% reduction in emissions for our sector and similarly a land use, land-use change and forestry, LULUCF, target to be agreed and a process to establish that within 18 months of the decision of Government, which was the middle of last year.