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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Issues specific to the Agriculture, Food and Marine Sectors: Discussion (13 Feb 2018)

...;13.5 billion in 2017 and providing employment to more than 300,000 people directly and indirectly. It has been a key driver in Ireland’s economic recovery and is the backbone of economic activity across rural Ireland. Last month I spoke with the elected officers of the IFA at the association’s annual general meeting in the Irish Farm Centre and I referred to 2018 as being...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Issues specific to the Agriculture, Food and Marine Sectors: Discussion (13 Feb 2018)

Michelle Mulherin: ...good work, as the delegates described, and this aspect of the debate should be pushed forward in the general media, as opposed to media that are focused on farming issues. As has been pointed out, transport is a bigger offender than farming producing in carbon emissions. None of the members of the Citizens' Assembly volunteered to switch to an electric car, which people can do easily....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Issues specific to the Agriculture, Food and Marine Sectors: Discussion (13 Feb 2018)

...as a result leaves a huge footprint on the Irish landscape but we might have an eighth of the impact of the UK agricultural footprint on its emissions. This comes down to its industrial and transport sectors etc. having such a big impact. We must concentrate our energy on demonstrating how we should be measured per unit of production rather than the proportionality of our impact overall....