Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 489: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the Government conducted, during 2007, an analysis of research needs required to support the development of future measures to reduce emissions from the agriculture sector and to identify potential climate change adaption measures, as announced in the National Climate Change Strategy 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3706/08]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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My Department is fully committed to addressing the challenges of climate change by developing mitigation and adaptation strategies for the agriculture sector. Considerable research is already under way to inform the development of suitable measures in relation to greenhouse gas emissions reductions and in the area of bio-energy crops. In order to identify areas where further or more focused research is needed the Department carried out a comprehensive research needs analysis in 2007. The results of this analysis will inform future calls for project proposals under my Department's Research Stimulus Fund, the Public Sector Research Programme of the Strategy for Science Technology and Innovation and other publicly funded research programmes.