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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation (28 Jul 2020)

Catherine Martin: ...within 3 cycles, with the first cycle operating for the duration of the Management Plan. This programme is being accelerated due to the announcement in Budget 2020 of €5m from the Carbon Tax Fund for peatlands restoration. This funding will allow for restoration measures to be undertaken on approximately 1,800 hectares on up to 9 raised bog designated sites across 7 counties in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (28 Jul 2020) See 1 other result from this answer

Jackie Cahill: 660. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the shutdown of the horticultural peat industry in Ireland will seriously impede growers of crops (details supplied) in Ireland and will have dramatic negative effects on the commitment included in the programme for Government to support the horticultural industry; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Schemes (28 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: My Department is currently developing an open call which will be seeking proposals for the development and implementation of an EIP Locally-Led Pilot Scheme targeting climate action on peat soils. This will build on our successful range of locally-led schemes already in operation. The scheme will have the objective of reducing emissions from peat lands under agricultural management and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (23 Jul 2020) See 1 other result from this answer

Brian Stanley: 20. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to address the failure of Bord na Móna to get planning consent to have an orderly wind down of peat harvesting in the coming years. [17132/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Power Stations (23 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: ...stakeholders in the region, setting out the analysis of the challenges facing the Midlands region, and for Bord na Móna workers and their families and communities, arising from an accelerated exit from peat harvesting. The report containsimportant recommendations, including examining the renewable energy potential for the two power stations. As stated in the Government...

National Oil Reserves Agency (Amendment) and Provision of Central Treasury Services Bill 2020: From the Seanad (22 Jul 2020) See 4 other results from this debate

Eamon Ryan: ...of the wage subsidy scheme while at the same time be looking for voluntary redundancy where the State could pay them in that way. I will commit to doing this. On the stores and stocks of milled peat on the bog between-----

Seanad: National Oil Reserves Agency (Amendment) and Provision of Central Treasury Services Bill 2020: Second Stage (17 Jul 2020) See 1 other result from this debate

Eamon Ryan: ...ensure no region of the State is left behind as Ireland transitions towards a low-carbon society. This need has come into sharp focus recently with the announcement that Bord na Móna will suspend peat harvesting and concentrate on enhanced peatland rehabilitation. My Department is examining the potential of the climate action fund to support this work, which will rehabilitate bogs...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition Fund (16 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: ...generation with low-carbon and renewable technologies. In addition, as stated in the Programme for Government, the government will support a just transition for the workers and regions impacted as peat and coal-fired power generation is phased out. As part of the EU Green Deal package, the European Commission published a proposal for an EU Just Transition Fund, funded under the EU...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Bord na Móna (16 Jul 2020) See 1 other result from this answer

Carol Nolan: 51. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if, under the just transition plan, compensation will be provided to peat harvesting contractors that made significant investments in peat harvesting machinery prior to the sudden and unexpected announcement of the suspension of all peat harvesting for the 2020 season by Bord na Móna and if he will make a...

National Oil Reserves Agency (Amendment) and Provision of Central Treasury Services Bill 2020: Second Stage (15 Jul 2020) See 1 other result from this debate

Michael Healy-Rae: ...Shannon LNG project. It did not have to be fracked gas. Nobody ever said it had to be fracked gas. While we are talking about energy, we had a great supply of energy in our turf and in our peat industry. What is the Green Party doing in that regard? It is ending that industry and knocking it. I think back on all of the great people who worked in the midlands and around the country...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Bord na Móna (15 Jul 2020) See 3 other results from this debate

Carol Nolan: ...context of a just transition process that is being escalated. It is an unfair transition - it is not just. This question is also being asked in the context of Bord na Móna's decision to suspend all peat harvesting for 2020. There is significant concern around the impact on employment that these two realities have. I call on the Minister and this Government to support Bord na...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition Commissioner (15 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: ...in the region, setting out the analysis of the challenges facing the Midlands region, and for Bord na Móna workers and their families and communities, arising from an accelerated exit from peat harvesting. The report contains important recommendations. The Government is already acting on a number of these and is committed to preparing an implementation plan to address the remainder....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (15 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: ...is essential in order to deliver a phase-out of fossil fuels. In Ireland, 28% of all electricity generated in 2018 was from wind, which is more than double the electricity generated from coal and peat combined. The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) estimated that renewable energy additionally avoided 4.7 million tonnes of CO2emissions and €623 million of fossil fuel...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Bord na Móna (14 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: Bord na Móna announced, on 16 June, their intention to suspend peat harvesting activities for 2020 while its substitute consent application is under consideration by an Bord Pleanála, and to put in place an enhanced peatlands rehabilitation scheme as a key component of Bord na Móna’s move away from peat. The Government is committed to supporting Bord na Móna to...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Environmental Investigations (14 Jul 2020)

Catherine Martin: ...findings of concentrated geophysical and hydrological investigations indicate that any turf cutting there would require monitoring for an estimated period of a year to assess the level of risk of peat failure (bog burst). In advance of any turf cutting taking place in this area, consent would also be required from the relevant public authority and consultation would have to take place with...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Areas of Conservation (8 Jul 2020) See 1 other result from this debate

Marian Harkin: ...the forestry and sliding down the side of the mountain. It was incredible to see it. It is difficult to estimate the numbers but we are looking at the movement of some 300,000 or 400,000 cu. m of peat and bog. The bog slide continues down the mountain for several miles and stops within 200 m of two family homes and not 50 m from the Diffagher river which then goes on to flow into...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition Fund (7 Jul 2020) See 2 other results from this answer

Eamon Ryan: Bord na Móna announced, on 16 June, their intention to suspend peat harvesting activities for 2020 while its substitute consent application is under consideration by an Bord Pleanála, and to put in place an enhanced peatlands rehabilitation scheme as a key component of Bord na Móna’s move away from peat. The Government is committed to supporting Bord na Móna to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (30 Jun 2020) See 1 other result from this answer

Carol Nolan: .... To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an analysis has been conducted on the impact on the horticultural sector following a decision by Bord na Móna decision to suspend all peat harvesting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13016/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Bord na Móna (30 Jun 2020) See 1 other result from this answer

Carol Nolan: 624. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of his Departments engagement with Bord na Móna prior to and after its decision to suspend all peat harvesting and commence work on its enhanced peatland rehabilitation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13013/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition Fund (30 Jun 2020)

Eamon Ryan: ...are based in County Meath, and are involved in bog operations in both Counties Meath and Westmeath, principally to supply Bord na Móna’s horticulture business. In light of Bord na Móna's decision to suspend peat harvesting activities for 2020, while its substitute consent application is under consideration by an Bord Pleanala and to put in place an enhanced peatlands...