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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Change Advisory Council Annual Review 2019: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: Professor FitzGerald noted that beef and dairy production in Ireland is relatively efficient in terms of greenhouse gas emissions per unit product. However, he went on to identify two difficulties with those sectors, the first being the size of the herd and the second relating to the need to implement new technologies and management practices. Will Professor FitzGerald elaborate on that point?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Change Advisory Council Annual Review 2019: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: I might ask Professor FitzGerald to respond unless he wants to take a few more questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Change Advisory Council Annual Review 2019: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: Many questions have been asked.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Change Advisory Council Annual Review 2019: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: We will move to the next group.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Change Advisory Council Annual Review 2019: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: Was one of the Senator's questions not answered?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Change Advisory Council Annual Review 2019: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: What is the Senator's question?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Change Advisory Council Annual Review 2019: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: We are running out of time. Briefly, Deputy Bríd Smith has a final question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Change Advisory Council Annual Review 2019: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: I am sorry to cut Professor FitzGerald off. Deputy Eamon Ryan is next.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Change Advisory Council Annual Review 2019: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: I ask the Deputy to be brief.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Change Advisory Council Annual Review 2019: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: The Deputy got loads of time; she is way over time in fact.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Change Advisory Council Annual Review 2019: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: Briefly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Change Advisory Council Annual Review 2019: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: Could Deputy Eamon Ryan list his questions? I am conscious of time. There is another group waiting to come in.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Change Advisory Council Annual Review 2019: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: Senator Higgins is next. Could she try to list the questions so that we can move on as quickly as possible?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Change Advisory Council Annual Review 2019: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: Does Senator Higgins have another question in that vein?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Change Advisory Council Annual Review 2019: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: I am going to wrap up because we have another group coming before us. I thank Professor FitzGerald and Mr. O'Brien for attending. We will suspend for a few moments to allow our next set of witnesses to take their seats.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report on Climate Change and Land Use: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: This session will involve an examination of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, special report on climate change and land. On behalf of the committee, I extend a warm welcome to Dr. Eamon Haughey of Trinity College Dublin. We also welcome, from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Mr. Bill Callanan, Mr. John Muldowney and Mr. Karl Coggins. Mr. John Spink...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report on Climate Change and Land Use: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the witness. I will start with Dr. Haughey. He indicated in his presentation that dietary choice has the capacity to help with CO2 emissions. That follows from the IPCC report. Am I right in saying it does not propose a ban on meat consumption, but rather calls for animals to be produced in a less greenhouse gas-intensive manner and for diets to be more inclusive of grains,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report on Climate Change and Land Use: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: I thank Dr. Haughey. I wish to ask Mr. Callanan about the CAP. What schemes will be needed to bring farmers on board to reach our targets in this transition?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report on Climate Change and Land Use: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: The cost of the required equipment often presents an issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report on Climate Change and Land Use: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: Are there solutions for farmers who cannot afford this, such as leasing?