Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Two things have the potential to transform that and they will be delivered in the autumn. The first is a regulations law that the Minister of State, Senator Hackett, is working on to help farmers. It does not always have to be the case where one takes the whole farm and covers everything in a single monoculture clear fell forest model. Instead, we will start giving flexibility to farmers to put in native wildlife trees. The second key regulation to go with it is the European Commission committing to reduce a regulation in the autumn that will pay for carbon storage. I believe it will allow that carbon credit to accrue to the farmer, who will be able to borrow or invest for future income. Those few measures coming this autumn will be transformative to see that rate of forestation increase.

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