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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)

Pippa Hackett: Basically, there is a dual planning requirement under the reconstitution and underplanting scheme, RUS. If a person is converting deciduous to conifer, he or she actually needs planning permission plus a licence to finally remove-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)

Pippa Hackett: At the moment, any trees that are planted on land-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)

Pippa Hackett: It is something we are working on and of which we are cognisant. It is fair to say that even since trees were planted, and I do not even know the date from which this happened, farms are still in receipt of their basic payment scheme, BPS, payment under that area whereas previously, that was removed from the direct payments. It is something on which we are following up. When we have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)

Pippa Hackett: I certainly will. We will certainly see what we can do. That really is unacceptable. I know it is probably one of the more extreme examples but that does not excuse it. It is unacceptable that is happening. In terms of Senator Lombard's statement, we certainly need timelines in terms of when we get back to people with information and not just say that we do not know or will let them...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)

Pippa Hackett: I will certainly get a note as to where we are at.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)

Pippa Hackett: We will pull that together. I will get that sent on to the committee.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Apr 2022)

Pippa Hackett: In light of this morning's historic, powerful and emotive address from President Zelenskyy and at a time of increasing pressure on homeowners, businesses and farmers, it is crystal clear we must do everything we can to starve Russia from its fossil fuel funds. One way we can do that is by increasing our rates of renewable energy production in any way we can. Each of us has a potential role...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Mar 2022)

Pippa Hackett: I offer a warm welcome to the deputy ambassador from Greece and my sympathies to the ambassador, Ekaterini Simopoulou. I had a wonderful trip to Athens last week as part of the St. Patrick's Day celebrations so it is great to see our colleagues in the Chamber. Of late, there have been a number of calls for the reopening of midlands bogs as a solution to rising energy costs but these calls...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Mar 2022)

Pippa Hackett: Am I coming in ahead of someone else?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Mar 2022)

Pippa Hackett: I think I may have skipped about two people.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Mar 2022)

Pippa Hackett: I need to speak doubly quick now or I will run out of time. Our economic system is having detrimental impacts on our planet. While the current crisis in Ukraine is first and foremost a humanitarian crisis and we cannot and must not lose sight of that reality, it highlights nonetheless just how quickly difficulties can arise when our needs are dependent on imports. The past few months,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Mar 2022)

Pippa Hackett: Are there many before me? I do not mind-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Mar 2022)

Pippa Hackett: I will also speak about International Women's Day. I believe it should be a time of review and reflection. Typically, it fills me with hope and renewed commitment to the cause of equality. This year's theme, break the bias, certainly hammers that home. I am also using this week to reflect on lessons learned from some of the amazing women from the midlands I have had the privilege to meet...

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (8 Mar 2022)

Pippa Hackett: Yes I will take those amendments as grouped. The effects of these amendments taken together appears to be to expand the scope of the points system for masters provided for under the Bill currently, to encompass masters who are citizens of another member state, as distinct from Irish citizens. The amendments would require, in effect, that the Minister would have to set up a register to cover...

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (8 Mar 2022)

Pippa Hackett: I thank the Acting Chairperson and Senators for their constructive contributions on the Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021. I and the Government appreciate their constructive engagement. Implementation of the points system is very urgent given the long delay since 2012, the ongoing EU infringement proceedings and the suspension of funding by the European Union through the...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (23 Feb 2022)

Pippa Hackett: I welcome Ambassador Cronin and our MEP colleagues, Billy Kelleher and Seán Kelly and, in particular, my party colleague, Grace O'Sullivan, whose seat I was most fortunate to take in the by-election following her election to the European Parliament. I want to address the subject of the EU just transition fund, which we are finalising and will submit to the Commission very soon. I take...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Feb 2022)

Pippa Hackett: Yesterday, Offaly County Council was pushed to provide safe houses for victims of domestic violence. It was asked to do so out of its housing allocation as a matter of urgency but the council's response was that it needed more time. I understand anyone's plea for more time but when we face a crisis, time is often something of which we have little. Recently, I met with Offaly Domestic...

Seanad: Report of Joint Committee on Agriculture and the Marine: Motion (16 Feb 2022)

Pippa Hackett: I thank my Seanad colleagues for the invitation to speak today. I also welcome Deputy Cahill to the Seanad. I very much welcome the detailed consideration that went into this report. I and my Department have had several engagements with the committee since the report's publication last March, and we have updated members on the steps being taken to address the recommendations made. The...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Feb 2022)

Pippa Hackett: I do not know about that.

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Feb 2022)

Pippa Hackett: It is important to say this is enabling legislation. Not one tree will be planted under this legislation until the scheme is in place. That is important to know. Any trees planted outside of the scheme, if the area is more than 0.1 ha, will be subject to the regulations and the legislation under the current forestry Act. To speak to Senator Higgins’s points, which I understand and...