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Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on Taking in Charge: Mr. Terence Coskeran (13 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: Are the other houses in the estate owner-occupied or rented?

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: At times such as this, it is only natural and right that we look at our workforce needs and what needs to be done to address any shortfalls in labour availability. Employment permits are an important factor in filling vacancies or meeting employment demands in areas where there are shortages of the necessary skills in our economy. Exceptional circumstances may, therefore, present the idea...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (12 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to providing a school bus on a road (details supplied). [50566/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (12 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school bus application in the name of a pupil (details supplied). [50567/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (12 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school bus application for two pupils (details supplied). [50568/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (12 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the school bus application for two pupils (details supplied). [50569/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: I welcome our guests. I think Deputy Carthy said this might be the seventh time we have had the horticulture and mushroom industry before us. We can hear the frustration in our guests' voices, as well as in our own, that we are back here again talking about the same thing. I disagree somewhat with what the Chairman said to Deputy Michael Collins about the Ministers. The Minister with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: All right, so it is not just this committee some Ministers are refusing to meet. Mr. Neenan said the Government has been inactive on this issue since January. We have put in a number of questions to the Minister in previous months and we have been repeatedly told about this €1.6 million in funding for the Beyond Peat project and developing alternatives. From talking to the industry...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: Have both organisations requested a copy of that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: They have, and still there is nothing forthcoming.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: A worrying aspect of my engagements with the Minister, and I am sure other members have come across the same, is a particular comment he made at the end of one of the replies he gave me on the issue of alternatives for horticulture. He said: The peat supply needs of the horticulture sector for the coming period will be met through existing stockpiles of peat, ongoing supply from Northern...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: Were they going to give people yellow jackets to be safe and seen on the roads while picking that bracken?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: I have a few cases-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: Sorry.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: I agree. I have visited places where I have seen materials being mixed to try to find alternatives. The proposed timeframe is not viable. Regarding mushrooms, I visited Walsh Mushrooms in Golden, which the Chairman will know. As soon as I walked into the place, the complex nature of the peat being used there was apparent. The company regulates water retention, drainage, the peat's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: The Chairman did cut me off but I will forgive him.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: Deputy Flaherty said what I wanted to say. This is a big industry through which an amount of jobs and money can come into the economy. We need a strongly worded letter or whatever people want. It must be made quite clear that when the next invitation goes out to those Ministers, there should be no reference to particular dates on which they are available. We have been trying to arrange...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: I have a quick question for Ms McManus. Did I take her up correctly earlier? Did she say that the alternative mushroom producers have is enough to keep them going but that the output would be reduced? If that is the case, how far can the output go down before the business becomes unviable and places start to close?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: Did I pick up Ms McManus correctly earlier? Was she saying that some of the alternatives available would be enough for the industry but that the output of mushrooms would be down?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: If the industry is to continue with a reduced yield, how far can it go down before businesses are in trouble and no longer viable? Are we near that point?