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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Paul Daly: ...fruit and vegetable production is labour intensive and seasonal. Labour will always come up as an issue. In some sectors at the moment the big issue is the growing medium, and the transition from peat to whatever is supposed to be the next peat. There was no just transition there and they were left in the muck. The fact is, that like most producers in the agriculture sector, they are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

...blood into the horticultural industry. The issue of growing mediums has been called out. That is a major challenge. Certainly it is a cost issue for many businesses. This committee has debated peat and peat availability. As has been said, the sector was shocked because the non-availability of peat came much quicker than was anticipated. All of the industry recognises that there is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Johnny Mythen: I agree with all of the speakers so far and thank them. A lot of my questions have been asked. I totally agree with Senator Daly. As he said, when peat was removed straightaway as part of the just transition it caused major problems. Removing peat cannot be done in the horticultural sector. Food sustainability is one of the most important things after energy because people must eat. We...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Tim Lombard: ...production of waste and where we are going on that issue of minimising waste. The industry has been through very tough years, particularly with Brexit and its effect on the mushroom sector and peat, which are significant issues. We have gone from having 400 major growers down to 200, with 50 very major growers. Where do the witnesses see the market ending up in ten years time? Where...