The Government has achieved something no one previously thought possible when it comes to climate. Last year, our forests released more carbon than they stored. That is according to the Climate Change Advisory Council. The Government has turned our forests into carbon emitters. Its record is unbelievably bad. It is so bad that it is hard to fathom. The Government has no plan to remedy what is happening. Quite the opposite; it wants to double down on failure. The Taoiseach put Michael Healy-Rae in charge of forestry, and his big plan is to plant forests on peatland. That would have absolutely catastrophic consequences. This is meant to be the low-hanging fruit. All the Government has to do is encourage people to grow trees, and it cannot even get that right. What hope do we have of doing the hard stuff like wind farms and offshore wind? Does the Taoiseach realise that 20 years ago we were actually producing more wind energy than we are now? In 2030, there will be zero offshore wind energy produced by Ireland. We are hurtling towards disaster. Will the Taoiseach please tell me-----

Deputy, you are way over time.

-----what his climate-sceptic Government will do to deal with this issue?

That is a bizarre assertion.

What is a bizarre assertion?

What the Deputy said about forestry.

This is not a back and forth.

The Government has not turned anything into anything.

It is not my assertion; it is the assertion of the Climate Change Advisory Council. It is science.

The new forestry programme is the biggest and best-funded forestry programme to date in Ireland, at €1.3 billion. A huge allocation has been made.

Forestry is a carbon emitter.

Deputy, if you want to have-----

It provides unprecedented incentives to encourage the planting of trees. This can provide a valuable addition to farm income and help to meet national climate and biodiversity objectives. The forestry programme offers a very generous package to farmers, with premiums increased by between 46% and 66% and the length of premiums increased to 20 years. One licence is required now to plant a forest. There are strong environmental requirements around planting, particularly on peatlands, so that will not be there. Then there is the protection of the hen harrier, breeding waders and high nature value farmland. The Deputy could be a bit more serious in her analysis of forestry.

The Taoiseach needs to get serious. He needs to listen to the science.

There are cultural and behavioural issues-----

Thank you, Taoiseach. Your time is up. I call on Deputy Ruth Coppinger.

-----around adoption of forestry for agricultural use.

We are emitting carbon.