Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein)
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Most of my other questions have been asked, so I will ask about peat availability. It is stupid and crazy that we are importing peat from eastern Europe when we have bogs all over this country. Is there any indication of what progress is being made? We hear about alternative peat products. We have all spoken to horticulturists, garden growers and so forth. They are all trying their own mixtures. For the industry as a whole, though, is there any indication of where the alternative peat products are? Is there a date for when they will be available, for example, this time next year?