Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We should get on with it, in particular the planting of native trees. We should grow them. The new riparian scheme that has been introduced by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy McConalogue, and the Minister of State, Senator Hackett, will facilitate small plantings on farms with income streams for farmers, which will enable us to clean the waterways. It is a very innovative approach to tree planting.

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