Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 7 October 2021
220. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the point at which his attention was drawn to the fact that the report of the working group on horticultural peat would not be furnishing the Minister of State with a completed report by the end of September 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48862/21]
View answerThe request by the Chair of the working group for an extension to the end-of-September timeline for submission of the Report referred to by the Deputy was first brought to my attention on the morning of 29 September.
The Chair indicated that a brief additional period of time would be required in order to take account of technical meetings conducted by the group on the different strands of peat requirement for each of the horticulture growing sectors, which concluded on 10 September, and to allow time for the group to discuss and finalise its report.
I agreed to this request and my response was communicated to the Chair the same day. I expect to receive the report before the end of October.
