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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Nov 2022)
Matt Carthy: I am speaking specifically about the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in the first instance. Has the Minister of State met the senior Minister at that Department on this issue?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Nov 2022)
Matt Carthy: When was the most recent time?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Nov 2022)
Matt Carthy: In terms of the engagement of the Minister of State, has there been any-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Nov 2022)
Matt Carthy: At any stage has the Minister of State's Department suggested to that Department that perhaps it should engage with the committee on this matter?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Nov 2022)
Matt Carthy: Has the Minister of State suggested to the Minister that perhaps it would be useful-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Nov 2022)
Matt Carthy: The Minister of State is coming in here and taking the flak for something that by her own admission crosses three Departments. She is being asked questions on some areas on which she cannot provide the answers. I have to say if it were me, and most people would probably be the same, I would tell the person who does have the answers to come here and answer the questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Nov 2022)
Matt Carthy: What engagement has the Minister of State had on this issue with Deputy Malcolm Noonan, Minister of State in the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Nov 2022)
Matt Carthy: Has the Minister of State met the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications on this issue?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Nov 2022)
Matt Carthy: Please do not be facetious. I am asking-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Nov 2022)
Matt Carthy: Allow me to finish please. I am trying to get a sense as to the interdepartmental workings on this issue. I made a charge at the previous meeting. What has happened over recent months is that the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications have directed this committee, and individual members through responses to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Nov 2022)
Matt Carthy: With regard to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, is this a matter that is entirely under the remit of the Minister of State or does the senior Minister engage in any of the meetings that happen at ministerial level on these matters?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Nov 2022)
Matt Carthy: To remind the Minister of State, the question I asked was to elaborate on what interaction the senior Minister, Deputy McConalogue has with her on this issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Nov 2022)
Matt Carthy: Does he approve of the approach that the Minister has taken up to this point?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Nov 2022)
Matt Carthy: The approach the Minister of State outlined in her opening statement today.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Nov 2022)
Matt Carthy: The Minister of State does not need to elaborate. The answer is that at this stage the Minister of State accepts this point. Does the Minister of State accept that in order to access horticultural peat some stakeholders will be required to import peat and are importing peat.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Nov 2022)
Matt Carthy: Why is that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Nov 2022)
Matt Carthy: The Minister of State raised the exportation of peat from the State. In July, she said that we are still net exporters and that "... maybe there is some engagement there that we should be doing with those exporters asking them to maybe not export and to keep it in this country to secure the horticultural sector here". How many of those engagements has the Minister of State had since July?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Nov 2022)
Matt Carthy: That is not the impression she gave during oral debates.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Nov 2022)
Matt Carthy: I look puzzled because I asked the Minister of State how many engagements she had.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Nov 2022)
Matt Carthy: She has not had any. That is the answer.