Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy for raising this important matter. I wish to put on the record of the House the ambition Irish farmers have. First, I would like to say how proud we are of the fact we produce some of the most sustainably produced food in the world. We feed multiple millions more around the world than we do in our own population. We know we too have a role to play in making our food production even more sustainable into the future. I am very proud of the fact the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is the first Department to publish its roadmap for how we will meet the challenges and targets ahead. I refer to the Ag Climatise roadmap, which has 29 clear points set out for how we will navigate agriculture into the future and meet the ambition we all have to make our food even more sustainable into the future.

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