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:

I think that these recommendations need to be brought to Cabinet and the appropriate body, group, committee or whatever needs to oversee the further scrutiny of them and decide which of the options to pursue. Then there should be engagement with the relevant stakeholders, including producers, horticulturists and everybody else and the investment should be put into making one of those recommendations work. We can not do that and we were never asked to do so.