Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 9 November 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed)
Pippa Hackett (Green Party) | Oireachtas source
I accept the frustration here but individuals are entitled to make a submission. That is the process in which we operate and that is the democratic process under which we work. It was accepted that potentially the fastest route to compliance listed those small-scale bogs. That was potentially the easiest way to become compliant. Unfortunately, due to widespread lack of engagement with the process, with us and even with Mr. Boland, we are still very much in the dark here. We need that engagement from the sector, in particular. I am getting plenty of engagement from my horticultural growers but they are not the extractors. They are not the ones that source it. They need the access to it and we need that cross-government approach and yes, it will be between those three Departments.
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