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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (20 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: ...the key point that I share with the proposers of the motion, that is, the need to establish an effective GAEC 2 standard that will allow continued appropriate farming on existing agricultural Irish peat-based soils. As articulated during the debate on the Private Members Motion, the trilogue negotiations regarding the next CAP are still on-going and the text relating to GAEC 2 has not...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Horticulture Sector (20 May 2021) See 3 other results from this answer

Matt Carthy: 236. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the report of the working group established to examine the issues identified during the review of the use of horticultural peat will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27138/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition (19 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: .... The 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 harvesting by Bord na Mona. The Just Transition Fund was established in 2020 to support innovative projects that contribute to the economic,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Natural Gas Grid (18 May 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

Jack Chambers: ...region and has dedicated significant funding to supporting workers, companies and communities. A significant package of supports has been put in place in the midlands for the transition away from peat-fuelled power. This includes €20 million for the midlands retrofitting project, €108 million for the Bord na Móna peatlands restoration project, €25 million for...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (18 May 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Midlands Regional Transition team and Just Transition was established in October 2018 for communities and workers affected by the ending of peat harvesting for power generation in the Midlands region. My Department makes a significant contribution to the work of this commission. In the last two years we have provided significant supports to the affected workers to assist them...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Reduction of Carbon Emissions of 51% by 2030: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2021) See 8 other results from this debate

Dr. Catherine Farrell: I thank the committee for the opportunity to speak this afternoon about peatlands and, specifically, their restoration. Ireland is a global hotspot for peatlands, with over 20% of the national territory covered by peatland or peat soils. Peatlands are valuable ecosystems that form a significant part of the Irish sociocultural landscape. Healthy peatlands are...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Bord na Móna (11 May 2021) See 3 other results from this debate

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...in terms of job losses and lack of employment going forward. The just transition fund's mission was to create economic opportunity for the front-line communities and workers hardest hit by the transition away from peat. It was to be part grant-maker and part catalyst, to provide investments to help communities create 21st-century jobs and technical assistance, to empower local leaders...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Programmes (11 May 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Alan Kelly: ...Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of jobs either directly or indirectly created by the just transition programme which has been introduced to compensate for the closure of peat production and sale in the midlands. [24506/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Reduction of Carbon Emissions of 51% by 2030: Discussion (Resumed) (11 May 2021)

...patterns are apparent in fresh water, where we are witnessing unprecedented rainfall events resulting in deluges which have caused massive landslides and the dislocation of tonnes of mud, silt and peat. Recently in Ireland in 2018 we also witnessed an intense drought and unprecedented increases in summer water temperatures. The impacts of severe droughts on juvenile and adult salmon may...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Agriculture Schemes (6 May 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

Charlie McConalogue: ...occurred on Shass Mountain on 28 June 2020 following heavy rain in the preceding days. A large area of upland bog, including some forestry, moved off the mountain and large quantities of liquified peat, vegetation and trees flowed down the mountain. This resulted in damage to road infrastructure and areas of land and forestry which were covered in peat. There has been ecological damage...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 May 2021) See 2 other results from this debate

Marian Harkin: ..., a fine and lofty term which sounds great. The nitty-gritty of getting from A to B is what determines whether the transition is just. Many speakers have spoken about the horticultural sector and milled peat. What is happening? We are going backwards. We need to learn lessons from that. It is not enough to ban production or to stop a certain action. One must look at the impact of...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 May 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

Bernard Durkan: ...the role they have to play. They have played that role for millions of years and will continue to do so. We have heard a lot concerns from our various constituents about the demise of the peat industry and, in particular, its effect on the horticultural sector. I and many others have said before that the horticultural sector needs a certain amount of peat product, or something...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 May 2021) See 7 other results from this debate

Jackie Cahill: ...French are doing at home must be done by all EU countries. If CAP is to be changed for good then we have to ensure that fair prices are protected for producers. We find ourselves at the moment in a laughable situation on peat production where we are now importing peat from outside this country. Horticultural peat moss is being imported from the eastern side of the Continent and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Horticulture Sector (5 May 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Matt Carthy: 86. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he has put in place to facilitate the harvesting of horticultural peat in 2021 and 2022. [23025/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (5 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...not currently possible to provide definitive estimations for such contributions. Factors which will support a net removal of emissions from Managed Wetland for the period 2021 to 2025 include: - a reduction in peat extraction activity, for example through the recent cessation of peat harvesting by Bord Na Móna; and - the restoration and rehabilitation activities planned...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Action Plan and its Implications for the Agriculture Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (4 May 2021) See 16 other results from this debate

...and Monaghan that was bequeathed to us last year. There was a write-up of this in the Irish Farmers' Journalthis week in the context of using extensive grazing to control fire-risk vegetation in a peatland area. We would like to move away from the polarisation which has been happening over many years whereby the farming-processing sectors, beef, dairy or other areas of agriculture, have,...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Apr 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

Claire Kerrane: ...when bills have already been increased, energy poverty is on the rise and there are no affordable alternatives. We now have the situation, which would be laughable if it were not so serious, of peat briquettes being imported from Germany when peat production here is being wound down and jobs are being lost. The workers, families and communities concerned see peat briquettes being...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Apr 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

Matt Carthy: ...entirely on their track record. The Green Party, in particular, has adopted a policy of simply exporting whatever it perceives to be problems. A good example of that has been the approach to horticultural peat. The Green Party has driven an agenda, that has been by and large facilitated by its Government partners, of banning the cultivation of horticultural peat - a key component in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (28 Apr 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: ...sitchensis) in Ireland in relation to site, soil and climatic factors’. Farrelly N. et al 2009. and the Code of Best Forest Practice - Ireland (2000). Phosphorus release from forest harvesting on an upland blanket peat catchment by Rodgers et al in 2010 established that peat soils do not buffer phosphate in the same way mineral soils do and that there will be a release of...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Development Programme (28 Apr 2021)

Heather Humphreys: ...for outdoor recreation projects under the Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme. Other Government investments in rural Ireland include the €2.7 billion National Broadband Plan, €108 million for the Bord na Mona Peat Restoration Project and other huge commitments towards transport infrastructure such as roads, rail, and walking and cycling amenities. The breadth of...