Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent)
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1648. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures his Department has in place to incentivise no till agriculture in the interest of protecting soils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27937/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The Minimum Tillage and Catch Crop actions under the Green Low-carbon Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS) operated by my Department contribute to the objectives of reducing emissions and protecting soil structure.  Almost 30,000 hectares of catch crops are being delivered and over 10,500 hectares of tillage crops are sown under the scheme without any primary cultivation by using minimum tillage sowing equipment.