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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Carbon Sequestration and Storage in Agriculture: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)
Matt Carthy: It should be more.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Carbon Sequestration and Storage in Agriculture: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)
Matt Carthy: That is good news in one way.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Carbon Sequestration and Storage in Agriculture: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)
Matt Carthy: I have one more question. Does the Chairman wish to come in on that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Carbon Sequestration and Storage in Agriculture: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)
Matt Carthy: I have a final question. I see different figures for our targets for organic production. Does Teagasc have a breakdown per hectare of the percentage reduction in emissions following the move to organic production in each of the sectors? Does it know the emissions saved if a beef farm moves to organic production? The same applies in dairy, tillage, etc.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Carbon Sequestration and Storage in Agriculture: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)
Matt Carthy: What is the current figure?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Carbon Sequestration and Storage in Agriculture: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)
Matt Carthy: But even on the sampling of soil-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Carbon Sequestration and Storage in Agriculture: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)
Matt Carthy: Devinish can then extrapolate that across the whole-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Carbon Sequestration and Storage in Agriculture: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)
Matt Carthy: Does Mr. Hagan wish to come in?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Carbon Sequestration and Storage in Agriculture: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)
Matt Carthy: In the context of the different measures farmers can take on an on-farm basis, are we at a point that with some reliability Devinish can assess the improvements in terms of storage over a period?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Carbon Sequestration and Storage in Agriculture: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)
Matt Carthy: I am coming to that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Carbon Sequestration and Storage in Agriculture: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)
Matt Carthy: I do not know if our guests heard our earlier discussion with the Department and Teagasc. I refer to what I am trying to determine in the first instance. Is it possible? Absolutely, it is possible. If you can do it on one farm, you can do it on all farms. Is it practically possible and feasible to do it at such a cost that it can be carried out throughout the country? That would be a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Carbon Sequestration and Storage in Agriculture: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)
Matt Carthy: What is our guests best guess at the cost of that? Can it be extrapolated to cost per hectare or per farm?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Carbon Sequestration and Storage in Agriculture: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)
Matt Carthy: What is the cost of that in the North?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Carbon Sequestration and Storage in Agriculture: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)
Matt Carthy: That is why I am trying to extrapolate the cost. Clearly, if we are to make the case to the Department, we need to know how much it will cost.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Carbon Sequestration and Storage in Agriculture: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)
Matt Carthy: What is that cost?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Carbon Sequestration and Storage in Agriculture: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)
Matt Carthy: Can the data be shared with individual landowners?
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (17 Nov 2021)
Matt Carthy: 45. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the home of a family (details supplied) will be connected under the National Broadband Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56413/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (17 Nov 2021)
Matt Carthy: 88. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority homes by local authority area in which asbestos is present in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56338/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (17 Nov 2021)
Matt Carthy: 89. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he has taken to address the presence of low-risk asbestos containing materials in local authority homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56339/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (17 Nov 2021)
Matt Carthy: 90. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the presence of asbestos-containing materials at local authority homes in Mullaghmatt, County Monaghan; if so, if his Department has engaged with the local authority to ensure that these asbestos containing materials do not pose a danger to the public; and if he will make a statement on the...