Patricia Ryan
Question:2162. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the next meeting of the sheep vision group will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44326/22]
View answerThursday, 8 September 2022
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The next meeting of the Food Vision Beef and Sheep Group will take place in mid-September.
This Group has been established to advance the actions for the beef and sheep sector identified in the Food Vision 2030 strategy.
The Food Vision Beef and Sheep Group’s first priority is to fulfil the Food Vision commitment to ‘produce a detailed plan by Q4 2022 to manage the sustainable environmental footprint of the beef sector, including minimising total emissions, while making a positive contribution to improved water quality and biodiversity, in line with government policy’.
The Group has been tasked to provide an initial report to the Minister by end September setting out how emissions associated with the beef sector can be reduced; with a final plan to be submitted by end November 2022. The group will focus on beef exclusively up until the submission of the plan for the beef sector, after which the focus of the group will be on the remainder of the actions identified in Food Vision for both sectors.