Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 6 July 2017
216. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the State's ranking compared with other EU countries regarding research carried out by the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission regarding CO2 per kilogram of milk and CO2 per kg of beef produced here. [31935/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Report the Deputy is referring to is the European Commission’s JRC Report, titled “Evaluation of the livestock sector's contribution to the EU greenhouse gas emissions (GGELS)”.
The Report recognised that Ireland, with Austria, had the lowest cow milk emissions at 1 kg per kg of product, with the highest in Cyprus (2.8 kg) and Latvia (2.7 kg). The EU average was 1.4kg per kg.
Regarding beef, the Report found that Ireland’s emissions per kg of beef were 18.4 kg per kg. The EU average was 22.2kg per kg.
The Report can be found at the following link:
https://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/sites/agriculture/files/external-studies/2010/livestock-gas/full_text_en.pdf
