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Nature Restoration Law and Irish Agriculture: Statements (31 May 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...EU that may have a negative effect on that site have to be reported by the Government to the EU. What will happen? They will be withdrawn. If a farmer has sheep on a mountain or cattle ploughing up peaty ground, because it is rewetted, the farmer may end up having his subsidy withdrawn. The Minister should have a look at Article 4(2) which refers to rewilding where the Minister is...

Nature Restoration Law and Irish Agriculture: Statements (31 May 2023)

Martin Heydon: ...set out what Government does to ensure the concerns of rural and coastal communities around the nature restoration law are addressed. This is an emotive area, as we saw today, for those farming on peat-based soils. Thus, it is important we dispel some of the fear around this proposal. Since the publication of the commission's proposal last year, Ireland has been working with other...

Nature Restoration Law and Irish Agriculture: Statements (31 May 2023)

Matt Shanahan: ...with respect to any impact assessment of the overall impact on one of the highest-efficiency agricultural models in the EU community. European bureaucrats are examining Ireland's component of high-peat soil content, which hovers close to 18%, while much of the European mainland contains just 3%. Peat-based soils are being targeted for rewetting, repurposing and restoration but who will...

Nature Restoration Law and Irish Agriculture: Statements (31 May 2023)

Cathal Crowe: ...land out of use or to cull herds to a point at which it would become very hard to turn that around and start to increase capacity. We have had many solid environmental debates here about Moneypoint and peat-burning facilities in the midlands. It is quite easy and feasible to wind back and wind up those facilities. They are burning facilities. It is quite difficult to wind back a...

Nature Restoration Law and Irish Agriculture: Statements (31 May 2023)

Réada Cronin: ...about rewetting and its potential to damage livestock farmers in the midlands and the west. We do not just talk to farmers; we listen to them. As a result, we know the worries of farmers operating on peat soils and, indeed, their issues around funding and property rights, which also need to be addressed. The Government needs to listen and not lecture. It needs to rely less on...

Nature Restoration Law and Irish Agriculture: Statements (31 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: ...EU’s land and sea by 2030, and all ecosystems in need of restoration by 2050. It proposes targets for restoration across a wide range of land uses, including rural and urban environments, rivers, forests, peatlands, wetlands, marine and all its activities. Leadership is an important element here, something I will refer to again later. The proposed regulation will also build on...