Michael Collins (Cork South West, Independent)
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I welcome our guests. The Chairman summed up the issue well earlier. We find ourselves in astonishing circumstances in this country. There was a reference to the lack of self-sufficiency, an issue that can be seen on many fronts. There is great anger among horticulturists and nurseries, and rightly so. That we are throwing away such a great resource that we grow ourselves and that we are then importing it says a lot about the way this country is going. Sadly, it is grinding our country to a halt in many ways.

Are the reports that Irish peat was leaving Ireland true, and if so, was any of that peat Bord na Móna peat?