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.