Search for peat speaker:John Cummins (KildareStreet.com)

Seanad: Peat Harvesting: Statements (13 Oct 2021): John Cummins: ...the economy, that is, €410 million for horticulture and food and €67 million for amenity horticulture. This critical sector is on its knees due to the unintended consequences of the restrictions on peat harvesting. It is all well and good to say that there is a need to look at alternatives, but there simply is no viable alternative at present for the majority of operators...

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