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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Engagement with Ms Marie Donnelly (20 Sep 2018)

Ian Marshall: However, the wealth remains with the companies. Locals do not seem to be benefitting-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (26 Sep 2018)

Ian Marshall: I thank the witnesses for their thoroughly enjoyable presentations. Like some of my colleagues, I would like to reference Ms Marie Donnelly's presentation last week which was really informative and it is certainly worth reading. On the information provided by Mr. Griffin, obviously it is not going to be one solution that solves these problems, but it will be a combination of things and it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly (Resumed): Professor Peter Stott (2 Oct 2018)

Ian Marshall: I thank Professor Stott for a very interesting presentation. My question is slightly different from some of the questions that have gone before. If we accept that the phenomenon of climate change is a global one and deal with it in that context, there is no doubt that human activity is hastening change and what is happening in the environment. When we consider that the global population is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (4 Oct 2018)

Ian Marshall: I think all of the questions have been covered adequately by most of my colleagues, but there is one point I would like the officials to address. They continually refer to testing. The renewables section of this business is moving fast. The landscape is continually changing. Is there a school of thought or argument in favour of taking the information now available locally, nationally and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (4 Oct 2018)

Ian Marshall: When will it be completed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (4 Oct 2018)

Ian Marshall: It is a relatively short period.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2018)

Ian Marshall: I welcome the support for agriculture in yesterday's budget, with an extra €57 million to support the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. This will support suckler cows and areas of natural constraint, ANC. After speaking outside Leinster House last week to the Irish Farmers Association, IFA, and farmers who were protesting, be under no illusion that the industry still...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2018)

Ian Marshall: Any budget will present exceptional circumstances and challenges. An air of realism and pragmatism must be applied to this budget. The absence of any really damning headlines this morning probably indicates that even though yesterday's budget will not satisfy all, it goes part of the way to delivering what Ireland needs. To echo the Minister of State, Deputy D'Arcy's, comments yesterday,...

Seanad: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: First Stage (17 Oct 2018)

Ian Marshall: I second the proposal.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2018)

Ian Marshall: Last week, this House remembered the disaster that was the RMS Leinstertragedy 100 years ago. With this in mind, I pay tribute to those involved in the events that took place in Belgium and France last weekend for soldiers who fought and died in World War One.Significantly, it was a joint commemoration of human sacrifice by the soldiers of the 16th Irish Division and 36th Ulster Division...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2018)

Ian Marshall: Most of the questions that were floating through my head have been answered. I echo the concerns of Senators Mulherin and Daly about rural versus urban. Mr. Donoghue referred to the fact that most of the IDA's investment is in low carbon industries where it is not a problem or is not something high on the list of priorities. If there is an industry for which it is a concern, are there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2018)

Ian Marshall: The witnesses kept the best news until last.

Seanad: Agriculture: Statements (24 Oct 2018)

Ian Marshall: I extend a welcome to the board of the Ulster Farmers Union, which is the largest agricultural lobby organisation in Northern Ireland and is a formidable group of individuals. Agriculture is arguably one of the most important industries on the island of Ireland, North and South. However, as my colleague has already mentioned, it has been plagued by uncertainty, volatility and risk...

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (6 Nov 2018)

Ian Marshall: Uncertainty persists as time rapidly runs out on this discussion, but credit must be given to the Tánaiste and to those who tirelessly pursue an agreement between the UK and the EU. Two years on, it has become much clearer that a UK exit makes absolutely no sense, with no evidence of any economic or social argument to support a withdrawal. We are informed, however, that this is...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Nov 2018)

Ian Marshall: I take the opportunity to congratulate BASF on opening its financing platform in Dublin last week.  As it is a platform trading more than €10 million globally, it is a significant investment.  I especially congratulate Bastian Rietz, head of BASF Ireland financing platform, and Richard Carter, the company cluster head for the UK and Ireland.  This is a significant...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

Ian Marshall: I apologise for being slightly late to this meeting as earlier I had to attend a meeting in Belfast on the environment, climate change and agriculture, which are issues pertinent to this conversation. A managed transition is referenced a number of times in the documents presented by the company and it is critically important. We have a tendency in the agricultural sector to focus on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

Ian Marshall: It was also stated that it is pretty hard to get people engaged in planting biomass. I have always found in engagements with agriculturalists and farmers that the words "forest" and "forestry" turn them off very quickly. Has much work been done on strategic planting, that is, not taking agricultural land out of production but taking some of the more marginal land such as the riparian strips...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

Ian Marshall: Have products like hemp been considered in the biomass discussion, or some of the newer products? They are not new, to be honest, but they afford an opportunity to utilise proteins, oils, and soil bioremediation and decontamination as part of it. There are other benefits to those type of crops than being purely a cash crop.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

Ian Marshall: My next question was pertinent at the weekend because there was a bit of discussion in the North about it. Some 100 years ago in the bogs of Ireland a huge opportunity was capitalised on with regard to sphagnum moss. It holds antiseptic properties and when the First World War was raging and there was a shortage of bandages and dressings, all of a sudden something was coming out of the bogs...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

Ian Marshall: If I may come in again briefly, reference was made a number of times to anaerobic digestion, AD, which is getting particularly bad press at the moment, some of which is very unfair. The growth of AD is not being managed strategically or in an organised fashion. Could there be a role for some of the organisations and maybe Bord na Móna to manage strategic growth in that area or to look...