Matt Shanahan (Waterford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Taoiseach shares my regret at the decision by An Taisce to object to and appeal the planning permission for a continental cheese factory at Belview, near Waterford, a move that is damaging the economy of the south east.

3 o’clock

In An Taisce's observations, it does not query the water treatment on site but, rather, it appears to be signalling its ideological resistance to any intensification of the dairy sector in Ireland. My colleagues in the Regional Group and I have tabled amendments to the climate Bill, first to separate biogenic methane from the overall greenhouse gas calculation and second to require that future sectoral reductions be decided by the whole of the Dáil, not just the line Minister. Our agricultural sector cannot be a soft target in terms of sectoral greenhouse gas reductions in future climate policy. Will the Government give security in regard to future sectoral caps?

See this speech in context