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- Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements (17 Feb 2021)
Richard O'Donoghue: ...to dairy farming this year. This has a knock-on effect on the production of straw. Farmers are being asked to mulch straw back into the soil and are competing with mushroom growers who have no access to peat. At the same time, EU regulations are demanding that the national herd is reduced by 5%. All of these things have knock-on effects. There must be a market and means for...
- Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements (17 Feb 2021)
Bernard Durkan: ...felling licences. It is not going well at the moment. I know there has been an improvement, but there are still serious problems and people have been held up unnecessarily. On the issue of the peat industry, which was also raised by Deputy Leddin, we have, as the Ceann Comhairle well knows, a very healthy horticulture sector in County Kildare which depends on the peat sector for...
- Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements (17 Feb 2021)
Brian Leddin: I would like to address the use of peat as a growing medium in the horticulture industry. The court case in 2019 which removed the exemption from planning permission for peat extraction is having, and will have, a significant impact on the industry. I thank representatives of the sector for highlighting this issue. Theirs is a very important industry. It provides employment and a safe,...
- Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements (17 Feb 2021)
Charlie McConalogue: ...as public health advice evolves. I take on board the Deputy's representations and the impact this is having on the sector at the moment. Deputy Leddin outlined the issue he raised very well. Peat is important for our horticulture sector and I welcome the process that has been put in place by the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan. As I pointed out earlier, it is important that we find...
- Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements (17 Feb 2021)
Charlie McConalogue: ...by bringing farm organisations and stakeholders together. It has an important role to play in future as well and I will ensure it continues to work productively. Regarding the harvesting of peat, the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, has put together a committee to examine this matter. I agree it would not make sense for us to be importing peat if such production were to stop...
- Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements (17 Feb 2021)
Seán Sherlock: ...us if the Minister in his response could give us an up-to-date position as to where the task force is at present. On the status of horticulture, Bord na Móna has made a decision on harvesting peat. As we move down the levels of public health guidelines and garden centres reopen and people begin to purchase compost again, will there be an adequate supply of compost and will we be...