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 my assumption. When Bord na Móna pulled out of peat production, this country effectively stopped. I acknowledge there is turf cutting going on in bogs. There is even one close to me where we relocated from Clara bog so I am well aware of that. However, the mass peat production that was going on in Bord na Móna has stopped. It does not look like this country wants it to start again. That might be a better way of phrasing it.