With talk of the proposed ban of turf sale and distribution in the air, the chair of the Oireachtas Agriculture Committee TD Jackie Cahill has said that rural Ireland dwellers should not be excessively impacted by environmental policies in terms of the climate change debate.
His remark came in response to the proposal by Environment Minister Eamon Ryan that the sale and distribution of turf should be banned from September, 2022.
Cahill made it clear that said the proposal could not come at a more inappropriate time, warning that it has “been met with outrage in certain quarters in Tipperary in recent days”.
The Oireachtas Agriculture Committee chair highlighted the fact that there are “many people in rural Ireland who are really feeling the effects of the rising cost of living, particularly the cost of heating their homes and running their cars”.
The Tipperary TD shared that he had written to the Taoiseach and all Fianna Fáil cabinet ministers voicing his opposition to this potential policy. Thus far, he was pleased with the conversation he had with the Taoiseach on this matter, saying that he will “ensure that common sense is not abandoned in this debate”.