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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Renewable Energy Generation (7 Jul 2022)

Simon Harris: ...wind turbine maintenance in conjunction with Kerry ETB. Other programmes of interest to LOETB, which were referenced at the meeting as potential "start points" of French-Irish cooperation include: Digital Technologies; Sustainable Agriculture and the transition from Peat to Renewable Energy, to name but a few. The Wind Turbine Maintenance Technician (WTMT) Apprenticeship was launched in...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (6 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: ...if the Minister's colleague in his concluding remarks and the officials in Monday's briefing would elaborate on this. For example, is substitute consent required for An Bord Pleanála or other peat harvesting? It is not so much for the continuation of peat harvesting, which will not be permissible due to environmental impacts, but there could be infrastructure related to those kinds...

Seanad: EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (5 Jul 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Ossian Smyth: ...investments to ensure our grid can accommodate up to 80% renewables by 2030. The Bill also enables Bord na Móna to further develop its brown to green strategy and deliver new investments to former peat harvesting regions. To ensure the security of our electricity supply over the coming years, it is vital that the legislation be passed prior to the Dåil rising in order to make...

Seanad: EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Jul 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Ossian Smyth: ...what the companies can use the increased borrowing limits for. A borrowing limit increase for Bord na Móna will underpin the company's brown-to-green transition. The company has ceased its peat harvesting activities and is accelerating the deployment of renewable energy, particularly in these former peat harvesting regions. Just transition is already a part of Bord na Móna's...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Offices (5 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...unit is delivering, with the National Parks and Wildlife Service and Bord na Móna, the Enhanced Decommissioning, Rehabilitation and Restoration Scheme (EDRRS). EDRRS is rehabilitating 33,000 hectares of Bord na Móna peatlands that had been previously harvested for peat extraction for electricity generation. EDRSS is supporting 225 jobs to date with the potential to support 310...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (5 Jul 2022) See 1 other result from this answer

Eamon Ryan: Government remains committed to a just transition in the Midlands region and has dedicated significant funding to supporting workers, companies and communities affected by the closure of the peat-fired power stations and the end of peat extraction by Bord na Móna.To date, 56 National Just Transition Fund projects have entered into a grant agreement with my Department, with €21.5...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (5 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Government is committed to a just transition in the Midlands region and has dedicated significant funding to supporting workers, companies and communities affected by the closure of the peat-fired power stations and the end of peat extraction by Bord na Móna.   The EU Just Transition Fund aims to address the adverse effects of the climate transition by supporting the most...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

..., in the past year I have seen huge interest where we can produce more locally based fertilisers not only in the farming sector but also in the horticulture sector, where people are looking to use peat replacements. There is a lot of interest in being able to compost dewatered digestate and to use it in the growing media sector as well. In Ireland, as well as producing biomethane for...

EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (28 Jun 2022) See 6 other results from this debate

Richard O'Donoghue: ...and all the produce that came to this agricultural show were petrol and diesel vehicles. They have no alternative and if they had, they could not afford it. What does the Government do? It bans peat harvesting and extraction of energy sources. Where is its plan for alternatives? Lots of talk but no action; there is no surprise there. Ireland is an island surrounded by water yet...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (28 Jun 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...the CAP, thus it is not possible to consider compensatory mechanisms within CAP. It should be noted that the value of blanket bogs (which may typically occur in uplands/commonage areas) and peat rich grasslands (which can occur in uplands or lowlands) are recognised under the CAP. These areas are valued and eligible for both Pillar I and Pillar II payments. As well as being eligible...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

...how we go forward. There is a degree of uncertainty, nationally and internationally. The IPCC report recognises there is much uncertainty about land-based emissions. The two elements of that are peat soils and afforestation. In terms of peat soils, to try to address the uncertainty, we have invested heavily through Teagasc to roll out a national agricultural soil observatory of carbon...

Seanad: Annual Transition Statement: Statements (22 Jun 2022) See 2 other results from this debate

Ossian Smyth: ..., I will provide a brief overview of these. In November 2021, the EPA reported that for 2020, total emissions in Ireland were estimated to have declined by roughly 3.6% compared with 2019. This reduction was driven by a drop in the use of peat for electricity generation and Covid-19's impact on transport. In this period our energy sector saw an almost 8% reduction in emissions while...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (22 Jun 2022) See 1 other result from this answer

Holly Cairns: .... To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that he is taking in response to calls from an organisations (details supplied) concerning the continued need for horticultural peat as a growing medium in the horticultural industry. [33174/22]

Annual Transition Statement: Statements (15 Jun 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Barry Cowen: ...by the acceleration of decarbonisation long before the introduction of carbon budgets or the new targets that this Government set in its programme for Government. The cessation of extraction of peat on a commercial and industrial basis by Bord na Móna and, of course, the closure of power plants were eight to ten years ahead of plan. Thereafter, because such agencies as Bord na...

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jun 2022)

Carol Nolan: ...now have a Government that appears oblivious to any evidence that does not support its own ideological biases. A hundred years after our independence we are, it seems, as dependent as ever on the importation of fuel, not to mention peat. This is completely at odds with what people in the past fought for. The programme of the First Dáil in 1919 stated clearly that the people of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Horticulture Sector (15 Jun 2022) See 3 other results from this debate

Pippa Hackett: ...of the aspects the working paper will examine in terms of available supply to the horticulture sector. With regard to the Deputy's queries on importation, I understand we are still a net exporter of peat in this country. Perhaps there is some engagement we should have with those exporters to ask them to maybe not export and keep it in this country to secure the horticulture sector here....

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (15 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: ...David Stanton - to discuss the Minister's views on certain zoning decisions made by Cork County Council; (11) Deputy Martin Browne - to discuss the progress made in ensuring adequate supplies of horticultural peat and alternatives to the horticultural sector; and (12) Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan - to discuss the avian flu response. The matters raised by Deputies Murnane O'Connor,...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2022) See 2 other results from this debate

Michael McDowell: ...but on appeal the developers were granted planning permission for these developments. In consequence, Saorgus leased an 850 acre site at Derrybrien and construction commenced in October 2003. There was then a landslide of peat causing environmental damage to the site at Derrybrien when the contractors were constructing the wind farm. Huge amounts of peat were dislodged and slid across...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (14 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Just Transition Commissioner was appointed by the Government in November 2019 with the mandate to engage with those affected by the accelerated exit from peat for electricity generation in the Midlands region and to recommend to Government the essential elements of a just transition for those workers and communities.The Commissioner has prepared four progress reports, all of which are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Biodiversity: Engagement with Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jun 2022)

...well. To give credit where credit is due, it has done an excellent job. On the bottlenecks, the Senator's observations were very interesting, particularly with regard to ecologists and to peatlands. Restoring peatlands is quite complicated. You have to make sure you have a really good rehabilitation and restoration plan. That will involve hydrologists, ecohydrologists and engineers...