Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
Dail Éireann — 2023-01-26
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Eamon Ryan (GP), Dublin Bay South

The critical question, to go back to the matter of quality not just quantity, is that of where. We made a mistake in the first stage of the evolution of forestry in the State where it was on the marginal lands on peaty soils in uplands areas where we drained the soils and released carbon. It is now going to have to come down and will have to be integrated. Many farmers will plant and continue farming but they also have a forestry stream within the farm.

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Sitting date: 2023-01-26