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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Horticulture Sector (25 Oct 2022)

Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Senator Pippa Hackett): I would like to assure the Deputy that we are fully aware of the issues in respect of horticultural peat and the difficulty it is causing the sector. It is worth saying that currently there is no indication that supplies for the domestic horticulture sector will run out for either amenity...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Horticulture Sector (25 Oct 2022)

...sector. The report referred to by the Deputy in his question, "Opportunities for the Irish horticulture sector", was published in July this year. The report identifies the sector's dependence on peat as a threat in the SWOT analysis and the research challenge to finding alternative growing media. The report also proposes actions to address this and other cross-cutting challenges to the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Horticulture Sector (25 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: The Minister of State can give me all the figures she likes. We have had committee meeting after committee meeting with the sector and they are telling us they are in trouble for lack of peat here. The Minister of State talked about the sub-30 ha bogs. There has been no action there, according to the stakeholders. What can the Department do? Without the co-operation of the three...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Horticulture Sector (25 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: ...large proportion of that includes all-Ireland trade which is not actually quantified because the Government does not identify it. If the Government has a real issue with exports, ban the export of peat from the island of Ireland. It will have the full support of my party in that respect. Here is the crux. Every player in the sector has told us that they are facing an existential...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Horticulture Sector (25 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: 72. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to ensure an adequate supply of horticultural peat to the mushroom sector, with reference to the recent report on the horticultural sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53173/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Horticulture Sector (25 Oct 2022)

...Pippa Hackett): I appreciate that and agree that we need a collaborative approach across the Departments. However, it is not as straightforward as just allowing a free-for-all extraction of peat.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Horticulture Sector (25 Oct 2022)

...of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Senator Pippa Hackett): The sector at the moment, as I said in my second answer, is not under direct pressure and there is no indication that supply of peat for domestic horticulture is due to run out in the short term.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Horticulture Sector (25 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: ...risk. There just does not seem to be any rush with the Government. The Minister of State can quote the KPMG report but the report said that in the short term there is still need for domestic peat until alternatives are available. There is another report just sitting on a desk that is no good for anything. At the same time, we have a Green Party in government that is allowing 200...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Horticulture Sector (25 Oct 2022)

...planners to help across the board and maybe get that collaboration that is so needed across the Departments. The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has no role in the extraction of peat whatsoever. What we do have a role in is supporting-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Horticulture Sector (25 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: ...own frustration as well as that of people in the mushroom industry, producers and the wider horticulture industry at what they see as the inaction of three Departments on the issue of horticultural peat. There seems to be a continued failure to even acknowledge some of the recommendations within numerous reports or to ensure access to the minimum amount, 1%, while alternatives are being...