Use carbon tax to pay farmers to move to 'low carbon' models, says Eamon Ryan

Green Party learder Eamon Ryan TD said revenues from the carbon tax should go towards protecting people from fuel poverty. File picture: Julien Behal

Money raised from carbon taxes should go towards paying farmers to plant their land and rewet bogs, the Green Party leader has said.

Eamon Ryan wants to use the controversial tax to pay farmers to change to a "low carbon" model which would include reducing the national herd, planting native-style forests that encourage biodiversity and restoring bogland.