Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 26 April 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Disparity in the Cost of Fertiliser: Discussion
Mr. Dan Lynam:
I thank the Deputy. Most things have already been said but there is one point I noted from attending the food and fertiliser meeting last October. We were told we need to get all the members of the ICMSA to buy at least 30%. All the buyers and suppliers recommended that the farmers needed to go out and buy fertiliser when it was €1,000 per tonne. At a meeting earlier in April, they were told off for delivering that message. They then said that in May, there will be a scarcity of fertiliser and that farmers need to buy now. There are no boatloads ordered to come in and no fertiliser will arrive in May. That was said at that meeting. Some people here were at that meeting and heard that message. There must be some kind of inquiry into what is going on.
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