Growing Media Ireland said the ministers of each department were putting 17,000 jobs in the sector at risk and a solution needed to be found. \ Philip Doyle
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Horticulture growers are becoming more frustrated as an Oireachtas Agriculture Committee hearing this week failed to find a solution to the issue of peat shortages.
Bogs are seen as a source of storing carbon and meeting climate targets, and stricter rules for peat harvesting have created a shortage for growers who need the product to propagate and grow seeds and crops.
Representatives from three different departments, housing, environment and agriculture, were all present and insisted that a ban did not exist on peat harvesting, but said a licence was required to harvest any area over 10ha.
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Growing Media Ireland said the ministers of each department were putting 17,000 jobs at risk and a solution needed to be found.
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Horticulture growers are becoming more frustrated as an Oireachtas Agriculture Committee hearing this week failed to find a solution to the issue of peat shortages.
Bogs are seen as a source of storing carbon and meeting climate targets, and stricter rules for peat harvesting have created a shortage for growers who need the product to propagate and grow seeds and crops.
Representatives from three different departments, housing, environment and agriculture, were all present and insisted that a ban did not exist on peat harvesting, but said a licence was required to harvest any area over 10ha.
Growing Media Ireland said the ministers of each department were putting 17,000 jobs at risk and a solution needed to be found.
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