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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2019)

Leo Varadkar: We are transitioning Bord na Móna from a peat company to one that is involved in waste and renewable energy. It is exactly what we should be doing because we are phasing out peat production in the State.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance Issues (4 Mar 2014)

Leo Varadkar: ...in the coming weeks.   The remedial works for County Offaly are similar to those required throughout the country following the severe weather over the winter and are not unique to roads which overlie peat subgrades. Roads over peat have their own set of very particular problems in that they are susceptible to differential settlement and there are no easy or inexpensive ways of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2018)

Leo Varadkar: ...in to set up State-owned enterprise where the private sector dared not to go. Bord na Móna was originally established with a mandate to develop the midlands region using its natural resources, especially peat which was to be harvested for fuel to produce electricity and create jobs and economic development in the region, as it is has done successfully for decades. Things have...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Dec 2020)

Leo Varadkar: ...now that more people are at home. The difficulty is that this is not just because of smoky coal. A large and growing part of it is down to people burning other solid fuels, such as wood, turf and peat briquettes. In respect of their impact on air quality, those fuels are just as bad and arguably worse, but we have decided not to ban the sale or burning of wood, turf or peat briquettes...

Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2018)

Leo Varadkar: -----to power our electricity system. The phasing out of peat subsidies is under way. Peat is a very dirty fuel and burning that contributes considerably to climate change. We are also going to see real, substantial investment in transport now that we can afford to do it, with things like the electrification of more of the commuter rail network around Dublin, Kildare, Meath, Wicklow and...

Topical Issue Debate: Nuclear Plants (9 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The same goes for peat. Gas, coal and oil are not. I will make the Minister, Deputy Charles Flanagan, aware of Deputy Costello's comments on this. I am sure the Minister will want to talk to him about it again.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 Nov 2019)

Leo Varadkar: Air quality in such areas is hugely related to the burning of peat and briquettes. In Dublin, it is largely due to diesel cars.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (19 Nov 2019)

Leo Varadkar: In Enniscorthy, for example, the problem is largely due to peat and briquettes-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (19 Nov 2019)

Leo Varadkar: People who know Enniscorthy well will know that it has much more to do with peat and briquettes than with smoky coal.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (19 Nov 2019)

Leo Varadkar: If we were to ban smoky coal and people changed to peat or briquettes, it would make the air quality worse.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (19 Nov 2019)

Leo Varadkar: -----from coal to peat or briquettes will make the air quality worse.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2018)

Leo Varadkar: -----in Project Ireland 2040. The Dublin-Cork motorway, the M20, the Galway ring road and a few others need to be done. I may be totally wrong but I highly doubt that as things are going all the peat will gone by 2030. There is a lot of it out there.

Written Answers — Electricity Generation: Electricity Generation (29 Sep 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 1575: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if any estimates have been made on the extent to which co-firing the three peat stations with 30% biomass will increase the cost of generating electricity at these plants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33164/10]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2020)

Leo Varadkar: ...in the midlands. That is why the Government is committed to a just transition and why we have dedicated significant funding to the workers, companies and communities affected by the closure of the peat-fired stations and the end of peat harvesting by Bord na Móna. This will ensure significant job retention in Bord na Móna, as well as job creation efforts and new business...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Dec 2019)

Leo Varadkar: ...Deputy, with the agreement of the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. The Deputy asked the very good question of whether I can give hope to the people in the regions who will be affected by the closure of the peat power stations. The answer is "Yes" and I can. This is the first big test of just transition for our country which, over the next couple of years, will get out of burning peat. It is the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (19 Nov 2019)

Leo Varadkar: ...not, and cannot be, just about individual action. It has to be Government led. Individual action cannot change our energy systems. Only governments can do that. We have announced we will take peat out of the system in 2023, much earlier than planned. Coal will come off the grid in 2025 and there is now major investment in renewables, rising from 30% now to 70% by the end of the...

Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Dec 2017)

Leo Varadkar: I reassure Deputy Healy-Rae that we have no plans for an outright ban on the burning of coal and turf but it certainly would be our objective, over time, to remove the burning of peat from power generation and perhaps the burning of coal as well in the medium to longer term. We debated climate change during questions to the Taoiseach last week and I laid out a number of actions being taken...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 Nov 2019)

Leo Varadkar: The Luas capacity expansion is under way and a new national train control centre has been approved. We have decided to take coal and peat out of the energy system in favour of wind and solar power. We are promoting electric vehicles and changing our bus fleet to hybrid vehicles. We have introduced new building regulations to make sure that new buildings are zero or near zero energy rated....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (11 Jun 2013)

Leo Varadkar: ...Rural Non-National Roads Guidelines for the Opening, Backfilling and Reinstatement of Trenches in Public Roads; Local Improvements Scheme Memorandum; Guidelines for the Rehabilitation of Roads over Peat;Traffic Management Guidelines; Guidelines for Road Drainage; Work Methodologies on Non-National Roads; Guidance for the Control and Management of Traffic at Roadworks; Traffic Signs Manual;...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2022)

Leo Varadkar: ...is why keeping Derrybrien online is not particularly useful in terms of the energy crunch we face. Lanesborough and Shannonbridge created a lot of employment in the midlands for a long time but peat, by its nature, did not produce an awful lot of energy.