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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

...pest management, IPM. However, there must be a level playing field within the EU so that we can have access to the same products as our European counterparts. The long-standing issue around the availability and cost of peat remains an unsolved issue for the sector. The IFA is fully behind using alternatives when they are commercially available, but until such a time as that occurs, a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Paul Daly: The submission referred to the growing medium issue and how the changes in respect of peat are affecting the sector. I ask Mr. McCormack to comment on gene editing going forward. I am not asking about genetically modified organisms, GMOs but, rather, CRISPR gene editing, which would be a big help in eliminating pesticides and herbicides. Has the IFA gone down that route or done research on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Paul Daly: I also asked about the growing medium and the peat situation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Mr. Tim Cullinan: The Senator knows our position on that issue. We have this ridiculous situation where we are exporting peat but importing it for use in the horticulture sector. There is an issue relating to councils and the differential with the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA. The EPA is including multiple sites from which peat could be harvested as one and taking them over the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Johnny Mythen: ...evening. The growers said that their European counterparts have access to different products, sprays and so on. What problems does that cause for them? One of the biggest issues of concern is peat. We cannot just change over from peat overnight and that is especially true for the horticulture sector. A just transition is definitely needed in that regard. Mr. Cullinan also spoke...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

...sector would be included in that. It is mainly looking at cereal crops at the moment but there may be a role for the horticulture sector in future. The Deputy is right in what he said about peat and there needed to be a just transition there. As I said earlier, there are things that still could be done here. The fact that the EPA is looking at including multiple sites in a licence is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

...fruit and vegetable industry in Ireland. In the first section of my opening statement, there are a lot of statistics on the size and value of the sector. In the interests of time, I will not repeat what Ms Byrne has said. The second section of the opening statement relates to input price inflation. In recent years, input price inflation in the horticulture sector has accelerated...