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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (27 Feb 2024)

Paul Kehoe: 368. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are peat type lands now excluded from afforestation, including the native tree area scheme due to concerns of carbon emission which are being farmed intensively within the dairy sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8694/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (27 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ...for agriculture and all land types depend on a wide variety of factors. Some lands such as grasslands on mineral soils remove more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere compared to grasslands on peat soils. The types of animals grazing lands will also contribute to the overall emission profile for each farm enterprise which can be significantly different. My Department when assessing...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (27 Feb 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: 369. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide all peer reviewed research reports his Department relied upon in defining what peat types are plantable under the new forestry programme; the reports that specify the differences between native woodland afforestation and conifer afforestation which support his Department’s position regarding same in the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (27 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ...soils, the amount that will be offset by the removals from the growing trees and other environmental considerations. The table below highlights the main reports used to inform the decision on peat as outlined in Irelands forestry programme for the period 2023 to 2027. EPA 2023. National inventory report Greenhouse gas emissions 1990 – 2022. Reported to the United...