Agri-Business
Sinn Féin TD, Martin Browne has raised questions the willingness of Bord na Móna to assist professional growers in securing supplies of peat for horticulture.
Agri Politics
Two TDs have criticised a move by An Taisce to seek leave to appeal to the Supreme Court to prevent the planning permission for Belview.
Tipperary TD Martin Browne told Minster of State Pippa Hackett, how the ban on harvesting horticultural peat is already impacting industry.
Rural Life
A TD has said that reserves of peat in the country will be depleted "by August or September" which, he said, will cause "irreparable damage".
444 cases of Covid-19 were detected in food processing plants between January 11 and February 5, according to Minister McConalogue.
With the season of peak milk production set to start in a few months, a TD said Covid-19 vaccinations need to be available to dairy sector,
"People from Cavan to Clare are sick and tired of flooding along the Shannon," according to Sinn Féin TD Martin Browne.
Tipperary TD Martin Browne has said he is "disappointed" at the lack of intervention in the marts "crisis" by Minister for Agriculture.
