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

I am not going to pretend I am the most knowledgeable on these matters but I actually watched a video the other night of a farmer who did just that. He had created bird cover and he said that the impact on the production side was positive and beneficial. We need to keep an open mind about how we use land into the future. We have to broaden our horizons too in some respects. The 20-acre and 30-acre farmers that Deputy Fitzmaurice is talking about could benefit a lot from this. We should look at ways to increase income streams around biodiversity, with farmers in that situation being guardians of our biodiversity-----

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