Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Senator Pippa Hackett):

Well Bord na Móna was. But we are still continuing to export peat. It is fair to say that probably most of that peat, if not all of it, is being extracted illegally, which is a massive concern for our climate action ambitions. We have to move the sector on. I am totally committed to the sector, but the commitment is to get the sector off peat. It is a priority to secure a future for the horticulture sector.

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