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The Government’s indifference on horticultural peat use has caused the horticulture and mushrooms sectors to plunge into real crises, says Matt Carthy.
Minister Pippa Hackett said that while peat has become an essential component in professional horticulture, there is a pressing need to evaluate and develop alternatives.
The new bill is a part of the just transition to reduce Irish horticultural growers’ reliance on expensive imported peat as a growing medium for their produce.
IFA chair of the mushroom producers committee Gerard O’Reilly, who is a mushroom farmer in Athlone, said he fears the cost of importing peat could cut margins too low.
Tim Cullinan said it was hypocritical of the Oireachtas climate action committee to recommend the expansion of the horticulture sector when native raw material is being reduced.