Agricultural greenhouse gas emissions should be taxed and an increased effort should be made to tackle food waste, according to a report by Ireland 's IFA . A call for higher taxes to fund climate change mitigation was supported by 80% of Assembly members. Healy called on stakeholders to move on from “divisive and unrealistic”​ calls for farmers to reduce emissions from their “emission efficient model of dairy and beef production”. In response, the Irish Farmers Association ( The Citizens Assembly ) said a carbon tax for the sector was a "no go" but it did support legislation allowing private citizens to sell electricity back to the national grid. Citizens Assembly was formed in 1990 to give Oireachtas citizens a voice.
Agricultural greenhouse gas emissions should be taxed and an increased effort should be made to tackle food waste, according to a report by Ireland 's IFA . A call for higher taxes to fund climate change mitigation was supported by 80% of Assembly members. In response, the Irish Farmers Association ( The Citizens Assembly ) said a carbon tax for the sector was a "no go" but it did support legislation allowing private citizens to sell electricity back to the national grid. Citizens Assembly was formed in 1990 to give Oireachtas citizens a voice.