Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 28 June 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Consolidation in Horticultural Grower Numbers: Discussion

Mr. Niall McCormack:

We use a fertiliser we mix in water so it comes out as liquid. It is a specialised fertiliser and its cost has not come down in the way the cost of other agricultural fertilisers have. The cost of labour has also gone up. The minimum wage went up in January 2023. Our input costs have not improved much. We are probably a little worse off.