Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Question 403: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the estimated carbon offsets to be reflected in the National Climate Change Strategy 2008 to 2012 from State or EU funded afforestation schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13887/08]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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Under the National Climate Change Strategy, and in accordance with the EU's commitment under the Kyoto protocol, sequestration from forestry is accounted for as a credit against Ireland's national greenhouse gas emissions. It has a significant contribution to make to meeting our national target, and planting under State and EU funded afforestation schemes since 1990 is expected to contribute an annual average of 2.08 million tonnes of sequestration over the 2008–2012 Kyoto period.