Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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Absolutely. However, there are additional measures that will help to close that gap. It includes the measures promoted by Teagasc – some of the technical measures, including the likes of, for example, the use of feed additives. It is difficult to model because the science around that is only evolving and the application in a pasture-led cattle system is different from where it might have been applied previously in Holland and Denmark, where most cattle are kept in all year round. That is a challenge. However, as part of the resolution of the 25 million tonnes in unallocated savings we need to make, I believe agriculture will be a contributory part. We will have to decide that in the next nine months.