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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Mar 2023)
Charlie McConalogue: ...we are working off at the moment is international and is not specific to our own situation. We have to fully understand our own situation. Compared to other European countries, we have a lot more peat-based agricultural soil and drained agricultural soil. It is important that this is understood and reflected in our approach at European level in the nature restoration laws and commitments...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Mar 2023)
Charlie McConalogue: We are getting a full assessment at the moment of exactly what our land profile is, where the peat-based soils are and particularly where the drained peat-based soils are because we do not have a very accurate overview of that currently. That is going to be important as regards clarifying what the Cathaoirleach is looking for. In the meantime we have other work under way, whether it be...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Mar 2023)
Pauline O'Reilly: ...in the west of Ireland and they are very happy with ACRES. The Cathaoirleach spoke about how it will actually help us to reach our targets. The Minister referred to one element, the rewetting of peat soils. The amount that is being achieved through ACRES seems very low. I am a little concerned if it is around the 3,000 ha level because, as the Minister said, the target is 80,000 ha by...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Mar 2023)
Charlie McConalogue: ...a comprehensive package of measures ensuring that premiums will increase by up to 66%. We cannot achieve our ambitions of climate neutrality without the land use sector making changes over the decades ahead. To this end, we are also investing in our peat soils under agricultural management. Change is not easy as all of the members here know, and does not happen overnight either. In...