Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have two further questions. Ms Brennan will probably be best placed to answer both of them. A €7 million package was announced for the pig sector, which will work out at approximately €20,000 per pig farmer. The Minister is on record as saying that is all he is allowed to give under the de minimisrules. What else is needed? Has the IFA a proposed avenue in order to support pig farmers who are still on their knees?

My second question relates to horticultural peat. The horticulture sector is dealing with the same challenges faced by every other sector with increased input costs and energy costs, in particular, and there is a matter of how we address that. Where does the threat of peat input fall in terms of the price crisis? Which is more important?

Deputy Flaherty mentioned plots smaller than 30 ha. Have any statutory bodies engaged with the IFA to deal with the proposal in the working paper on this issue that will address how we can extract peat in a sustainable way on plots smaller than 30 ha?