Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 6 July 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Kieran Dunne:

Correct.

That goes to the Deputy's point on the sub 30 ha. If someone has sub 30 ha, that is, 75 acres, is it not a good news story that the rest of his or her peatland would be reinstated and he or she could harvest that area? Is that not common sense? We have removed more than 90% of harvesting through Bord na Móna exiting the industry.

A comment was made about exporting peat. No professionally harvested horticultural peat is being exported at this time. Bord na Móna closed its mixing plant last Friday. It is supplying no further peat and is not moving any more peat in the country. We have one professional mixing plant left, which is Klassman Deilmann in Westmeath. If it goes, there will be no professional mixing plant left.

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