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The urgent need for peat harvesting to resume – either by way of derogation or emergency legislation – was the key issue raised at the second meeting of a working group on horticulture peat. With harvest season upon the sector, the working group – comprised of representatives from the Department of Housing, state agencies, industry stakeholders and environmental non-government organisations – was again warned of the repercussions for 17,000 rural-based jobs if a new law prohibiting the milling of peat on bogs over 30ha without planning permission and EPA licencing is not amended. Speaking to the Farming Independent after the meeting John Neenan of Growing Media Ireland (GMI) – which represents most of the country’s horticultural peat producers – said: “The Department officials appear to definitely rule out a derogation and are not over positive on emergency legislation.

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