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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Nature Restoration Law and Land Use Review: Discussion (28 Mar 2023)
Brian Leddin: Will the farming organisations go first?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Nature Restoration Law and Land Use Review: Discussion (28 Mar 2023)
Brian Leddin: I will interrupt. We heard clear evidence that farming can continue, for the most part, on many of the rewetted lands. That is the scientific evidence we received. We should be-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Nature Restoration Law and Land Use Review: Discussion (28 Mar 2023)
Brian Leddin: There is a narrative that rewetting land equates to flooding land but that has been categorically denied and dismissed by any scientific evidence we have heard. Farming can continue on many of these lands. The farming season will perhaps be shorter but we should be absolutely clear that while rewetting of lands requires raising the water table it is not the case that this amounts to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Nature Restoration Law and Land Use Review: Discussion (28 Mar 2023)
Brian Leddin: Absolutely, but we need to be very clear that production can continue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Nature Restoration Law and Land Use Review: Discussion (28 Mar 2023)
Brian Leddin: Reduced, yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Nature Restoration Law and Land Use Review: Discussion (28 Mar 2023)
Brian Leddin: I will push the Senator on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Nature Restoration Law and Land Use Review: Discussion (28 Mar 2023)
Brian Leddin: It was a good speech.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Nature Restoration Law and Land Use Review: Discussion (28 Mar 2023)
Brian Leddin: Is there not a conflict between the collaborative approach Mr. Buckley argues for and the urgency that exists and the legal requirement that is locked in? It is not true that other sectors do not have to reduce emissions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Nature Restoration Law and Land Use Review: Discussion (28 Mar 2023)
Brian Leddin: The law encompasses the whole economy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Nature Restoration Law and Land Use Review: Discussion (28 Mar 2023)
Brian Leddin: Will Mr. Buckley respond on the question of collaboration versus urgency?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Nature Restoration Law and Land Use Review: Discussion (28 Mar 2023)
Brian Leddin: The Senator will speak. We are running over time, but we are saving the best for last.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Nature Restoration Law and Land Use Review: Discussion (28 Mar 2023)
Brian Leddin: I thank Mr. Kelly. Does Mr. O'Brien want to come in?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Nature Restoration Law and Land Use Review: Discussion (28 Mar 2023)
Brian Leddin: Okay. I am not aware of the individual. Was it a guest from the IFA, is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Nature Restoration Law and Land Use Review: Discussion (28 Mar 2023)
Brian Leddin: Then it is not for Mr. O'Brien to defend.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Nature Restoration Law and Land Use Review: Discussion (28 Mar 2023)
Brian Leddin: Absolutely. I thank Senator Boylan for that. If there are no other guests indicating to come in, we are right at the end, and we are over time. It was worth taking the extra bit of time to explore some of the issues. It really was quite interesting, and perhaps there was too much to try and grapple with in one session but both the land use review and the nature restoration law are issues...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Nature Restoration Law and Land Use Review: Discussion (28 Mar 2023)
Brian Leddin: If Senator Higgins wants to let me know which questions, we can relay them on to the guests for written follow-up. I thank the witnesses again for their time this afternoon. It really was very helpful to us.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2023)
Brian Leddin: I thank Deputy Devlin for having stood in as Chair while I was away. Next up is Deputy Whitmore.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2023)
Brian Leddin: I thank Deputy Whitmore. I call Senator Boylan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2023)
Brian Leddin: I might just pick up on Deputy Bruton's point in addition to the point about embodied carbon. He gave the example of SUVs, which produce 35 tonnes in their manufacture, versus lighter vehicles, which produce about 10 tonnes. The Minister stated we might need cars on the road to return to the way they used to be, that is, smaller and lighter. I came across a staggering figure recently....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2023)
Brian Leddin: I was referring to the cross-sectional area.