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Nature Restoration Law: Statements (7 Mar 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...a few hundred acres in the eastern part of the country. I am speaking about small farmers in the west of whom 70% have gone organic. They do not have the quality of land. They have land with peaty soil. Anyone who knows the directive knows it does not affect top-quality mineral soil and good quality land. It affects land with peaty soil. Unfortunately I am old enough to remember...

Nature Restoration Law: Statements (7 Mar 2024)

Jackie Cahill: ...their feet that it is not economical to plant forestry. We need to go back and re-examine this. We now have designated land with a blanket ban, unenclosed land with a blanket ban and land with a certain level of peat with a blanket ban. Environmental scientists have appeared before our committee to say that those blanket bans are actually hindering the creation of the habitats we are...

Nature Restoration Law: Statements (7 Mar 2024)

Eamon Ryan: .... It is no fault of anyone, and I am not putting the blame on anyone, but those forest systems were put in the wrong place. Typically they were put up high on the mountains where we were draining peaty soils. The nature of the forestry, involving clear fell, monoculture and fast-rotation cycles, does not enhance nature. It does not improve water quality. It does not protect and...

Nature Restoration Law: Statements (7 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: .... This includes at national, regional or sectoral levels. The Government is confident that the 2030 and 2040 rewetting targets, at a minimum, can be met entirely on State lands. This is worth repeating: we are confident that the 2030 and 2040 targets can be met on State lands. More analysis is needed to establish how far we can go towards the 2050 rewetting targets on public land. It...