The Minister for Agriculture has described talks around carbon reduction targets as 'productive'.
Negotiations between Minister Charlie McConalogue, and the Environment Minister, Eamon Ryan, are ongoing as the government tries to finalise its emission targets.
The Climate Action Plan sets out targets of between 22 and 30 percent for the agriculture sector.
Minister Ryan, wants the final target to land near the higher end, while some groups, including the Irish Farmers' Association, says only 22 percent could be achieved.
Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue, is feeling optimistic the talks will reach a successful conclusion before next week's deadline:
"Obviously until you have a deal done, it's very impossible to know when it will happen. But certainly in terms of the effort that's been that's going in across government and they have to this going in in terms of my own officials, working with Minister Ryan's officials, there's really productive work ongoing. And the key objective I've had throughout this process is to get a conclusion, an outcome that minimises in every way the emissions footprint of how we produce food, but really importantly, back family farms to do that massive important work that they do in relation to producing food."
