Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We are not ignoring it. We are putting Ireland in a position to ensure we are the most efficient food producers on the planet using the natural resources we have available to us and that when we look at climate change targets - unlike the person quoted by the Deputy - we also insist on calculating what the actual carbon sink value of permanent pasture, the afforestation of agricultural land in Ireland and other climate change-friendly crops in Ireland is as well as calculating the negative impacts of emissions coming from our herds.

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