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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Discussion (20 Jul 2022)

Martin Browne: I just have a couple of quick questions for each witness. There is a school of thought that a near 0.3% per annum reduction in methane emissions would stabilise its presence in the atmosphere and slowly reduce the level of methane in the atmosphere. Professor McMullin and Mr. Price stated that these calculations, which have been checked, are misleading. What does Professor McMullin say to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Discussion (20 Jul 2022)

Martin Browne: On removing these gases from our atmosphere, are results more immediate from the reductions in the methane emissions? As such, in order to address the temperature limit most immediately, is methane reduction the key factor in it all?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Discussion (20 Jul 2022)

Martin Browne: Does Professor Thorne have anything to say about the role technology can play in limiting biogenetic methane emissions? To what extent can technology coupled with a more focused and intuitive context play here? We are speaking here as discussions on herd numbers intensify. How far has the technology come at this stage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Discussion (20 Jul 2022)

Martin Browne: At the end of his statement, Professor Thorne said that he believes in how adaptable our agriculture sector is and that if it is enabled properly to address mitigation challenges before, it can do so. Could he elaborate on this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Discussion (20 Jul 2022)

Martin Browne: Dr. Rogelj spoke about other methods or proposals that in his view would merely stabilise global warming but not lead to a decline in emissions. Could he comment on the historic methane emissions and explain the level to which those emissions contributed to today's levels?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Discussion (20 Jul 2022)

Martin Browne: I have just a couple of questions for the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. Is the Department engaging with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications in addressing the ability of ESB Networks to connect larger businesses to the grid? I refer to getting the company's solar operations up and running. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Discussion (20 Jul 2022)

Martin Browne: A comment was made earlier about the categorisation of emissions and removals across disciplines that is leaving agriculture particularly exposed to carry the can for other sectors. The point was made that the carbon removals by forestry, grassland and other lands were accounted for in the forestry ledger of land use, while emissions from grass-fed cattle are counted in the agriculture...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Discussion (20 Jul 2022)

Martin Browne: Is Mr. Moore sure that the 8,000 ha target will not be reached by August, regardless of what the Department or the Ministers keep telling us?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Discussion (20 Jul 2022)

Martin Browne: Will decisions be based on charts that are on the office walls of the Department rather than the actual reality on the ground for farmers? There are real concerns that the Department may overshoot the mark. We heard earlier that sectors need to be assisted to make that transition. We hear complaints that the Department's ambitions trumps what can be achieved, and that comes back to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Discussion (20 Jul 2022)

Martin Browne: Was a risk analysis ever carried out when deciding the levels referred to? Did it take into account the risk to farmers when a set level is being determined? Was an analysis carried out on the risk to farmers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Discussion (20 Jul 2022)

Martin Browne: We heard that if methane was managed properly, it could be part of the solution. At the same time, however, we also heard that the IFA accused the Government of doing little to make anaerobic digestion feasible at farm level and that this fact puts us behind the curve. We seem to be lacking a proactive response - for the want of a better phrase - to the issue which committee members are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Derogation and Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Martin Browne: I welcome the guests. Most of the questions I was going to ask have been answered already. I know the ICMSA has been raising this during the summer with the Department and, as has been said, the economic consequences for rural Ireland can be huge. Have all the changes in the Department led to some of the confusion that has been described so far in the meeting? Could the witnesses speak...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Derogation and Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Martin Browne: Have all the changes in the Department during the summer created some of the problem? I imagine it has not helped with trying to come up with solutions on it. Have those changes been of any benefit to anybody?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Derogation and Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Martin Browne: I apologise for my absence; I was attending another meeting. Some of my questions may have been asked. I will ask two quick questions, the first of which is for the representatives of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. Does the Department accept the figures provided by the ICMSA relating to the calculations of the 220 kg limit and the assertion that combined with cow...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Derogation and Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Martin Browne: I have a further question for the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. When it comes to measuring water quality, is account taken of upstream levels versus downstream levels? I am asking that for the purpose of making a distinction between farms where excess run-off drains into watercourses and others that are compliant. A blanket response to the actions of a few has the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Derogation and Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Martin Browne: My next question is for the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. Many farmers have invested heavily in expansion on the advice of successive Governments. What response has the Department to farmers who are trying to repay the debt they have accumulated?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Derogation and Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Martin Browne: The rest of my questions may have been asked.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (14 Sep 2022)

Martin Browne: 230. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans, if any, to increase the income limits for social housing in County Tipperary now that the income limits have been raised for counties Laois, Carlow, Clare, Galway and Westmeath. [44778/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reviews (14 Sep 2022)

Martin Browne: 531. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to publish the Action Plan for the Disability Capacity Review and if he will provide a date for its publication [44564/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget 2023 (14 Sep 2022)

Martin Browne: 532. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include an accessible budget announcement for disability as part of Budget 2023 in order that persons with disabilities and their supporters can understand the number of existing and new supports that will be provided; and the way that this relates to the needs outlined in the capacity review. [44565/22]