Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 30 November 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

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

Mr. Seamus Boland:

That is another debate, Deputy. I have no strong view but obviously the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications would want to be involved and probably talking to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine as well. Again I would not be definitive on that because there will be plenty of affected Departments in the Government that will need to have a say on this. It it a cross-departmental issue and we did not go that far into it because we wanted to allow space for the Government to look at this and perhaps come up with a much better idea, but to at least do the pilot.