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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Discussion (20 Jul 2022)
Matt Carthy: Here is my difficulty. I have seen no proposal to do that at a practical level. What I saw was more general, baseline studies that say "This is what the average farm with 15 cows emits". My fear is that you could have a situation where a farmer is actually engaging in forestry, ensuring the hedgerows are protected and expanded, planting mixed species swards, engaging in anaerobic digestion...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Discussion (20 Jul 2022)
Matt Carthy: We could have our sectorial ceilings imposed next week.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Discussion (20 Jul 2022)
Matt Carthy: The difficulty is that we are going to have sectorial ceilings next week. According to the opening statement there is little information. It is very clear that it is not subject to the Oireachtas process and that the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine has a very minimal role. He is consulted in all of this. We heard from the Department of the Environment, Climate and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Discussion (20 Jul 2022)
Matt Carthy: What number can the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine reach?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Discussion (20 Jul 2022)
Matt Carthy: All of those things combined, reading Ms Love's opening statement, would suggest that even that and a little bit more would be required to bring the sector to 22%. Mr. Crammond is not saying that is the minimum. What is the maximum he feels agriculture can go to in a realistic sense without undermining our agrifood sector?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Discussion (20 Jul 2022)
Matt Carthy: Surely the Minister is coming into negotiations with a figure in his head, that this is as far as he can go?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Discussion (20 Jul 2022)
Matt Carthy: Sectorial ceilings we are told are going to be set next week. Is that the timeframe the Department is working to?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Discussion (20 Jul 2022)
Matt Carthy: Okay. The figure is going to be between 22% and 30%.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Discussion (20 Jul 2022)
Matt Carthy: The Department indicates that it does not know what the Minister is advocating for in the discussions. I am going to walk out onto the plinth and someone will stick a microphone in my face and ask, "What should the sectorial emissions be?" I will be accused of being a climate change denier if I cannot answer that question but I have nothing from the information from both relevant...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Discussion (20 Jul 2022)
Matt Carthy: If the sectoral target set next week is 30%, will the Department be able to work towards that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Discussion (20 Jul 2022)
Matt Carthy: What would those policies be?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Discussion (20 Jul 2022)
Matt Carthy: In the context of the areas for which the Department currently has targets, afforestation was mentioned. The programme for Government has a target of 8,000 ha per year. The Department just about hit 2,000 ha last year and might not even get to that figure this year. The position in respect of organic targets is similar. The Government is wildly missing all its targets in a number of...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Sep 2022)
Matt Carthy: Monaghan.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Sep 2022)
Matt Carthy: That was a disaster.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Sep 2022)
Matt Carthy: An absolute disaster.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Sep 2022)
Matt Carthy: The Taoiseach is defending the removal of services again.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Sep 2022)
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- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Sep 2022)
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- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Sep 2022)
Matt Carthy: The Taoiseach is still defending the removal of services.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Derogation and Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)
Matt Carthy: I will be very brief. I was attending other meetings so I have not heard everything and I do not want to repeat questions. I thank the ICMSA representatives for being here. I will ask a broad question and they can answer it in the context of what has already been dealt with. We have had many debates and a lot of public discourse on climate action obligations. For the most part, it has...