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:

It has to be a fast-tracked approach. The seriousness of the situation is that what happens over the next six weeks will either mean we have secured peat product of our production for 2021 and 2022. It is not just about this season or this month and next month. That will secure our 2022 production. That is a very serious situation. I am told by the Department that it is trying to get a fast track approach which means that it will not end up in the High Court or in trouble with the EPA or An Taisce. It is trying to pull everybody together to try and resolve this situation. As was said earlier, it is not an easy fix but there has to be a great willingness to drive on and get the job done.

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