Trevor Sargent (Dublin North, Green Party)

This question will require a far broader view than simply asking what Ireland can do. Ireland still had to import gas and fossil fuels to operate IFI, so there was no great merit in simply locking ourselves into that dependency. We need to look at global food production, which will require further evaluation of other methods. I am currently reading a lot of material on climate change, nutrient use and sustainability, which indicates that more organic production methods are inevitable. It is not an option or a lifestyle choice because in future we will not have the fossil fuel that underpins the current agricultural system.

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