Paul Daly (Fianna Fail)
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I was thinking about this when the witnesses were talking about the peat replacement that is coming across the world. It is. Is there any danger, because it is a coconut byproduct or a crop-based byproduct, of some foreign disease of any sort coming in or sneaking in the back door? Is that an issue because of the fact that it is a grown product as opposed to a manufactured or harvested peat? Are precautions being taken or tests being done? We have had issues before with little foreign bodies and diseases getting in the back door. Is there any danger of such a problem because of the fact that it is a grown product?