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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Nature Restoration Target and General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Oct 2022)

Mr. John Enright: To come back to Deputy Fitzmaurice, I certainly agree with him that this is a grab you by the neck effort. There is no doubt about that. On the first comment on peat soils, people have this impression that peat soils are non-productive. We have members milking cows, finishing cattle and sheep and growing tillage crops on peat soils. People do not realise that. They are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Nature Restoration Target and General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Oct 2022)

.... Regarding the Minister, Deputy Ryan, and the question on phase one, as Ms O'Sullivan said, our understanding would be the sectoral target in the LULUCF. We are looking at mapping and assessing peat soils. I know Teagasc is currently doing so also. This is a requirement under Good Agricultural and Environmental Condition, GAEC, 2. We had a big battle on that a year ago because, as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Nature Restoration Target and General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Oct 2022)

...interpretation of that is quite black and white. It is very clear within the regulation which states that of the maximum area that is to be rewetted, up to a maximum of 20% can be achieved from peat extraction points. From our side, unless there is something to the contrary, it is fairly black and white that 20% can be taken from peat extraction points. Currently, with 80,000 ha under...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Nature Restoration Target and General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: ...scale agriculture and on rural populations. We hear so much about rural Ireland and the political commitment to rural communities but we have been talking about the water extraction Bill and about peat in horticulture, nursery stock, agriculture and in the mushroom sector again and now we are talking about this. In a matter of days and weeks we are talking about ongoing issues and...