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Seanad: Finance Bill 2019: Second Stage (26 Nov 2019)

Michelle Mulherin: ...was made by the Government to the European Commission under state aid rules for the Government to be allowed to place a PSO levy on electricity customers to finance the co-firing of the midlands peat-burning power stations so they could also burn biomass. We all know that this was expected to go to 2027 but the arrangement will cease in 2020. There is a provision in the budget of...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Supplementary) (26 Nov 2019)

Richard Bruton: ...knows the background to this, which is the recognition that just transition is a core part of the climate action plan. This has been brought into very sharp relief by the much-accelerated rundown of peat in electricity generation, which members know all about. As a result and as part of the budget, the decision was made by the Minister for Finance that a substantial part of the moneys...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition (Worker and Community Environmental Rights) Bill 2018: Discussion (26 Nov 2019) See 9 other results from this debate

.... The committee also highlighted the importance of exploring opportunities to green existing jobs and create new jobs in areas such as energy retrofitting for buildings, sustainable forestry and peat land restoration. These are also core objectives of the climate action plan. Since the Second Stage debate took place on 19 September there have been several important developments which...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019 (Resumed): Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Mary Butler: The seasonal employment permit is being introduced to alleviate labour market demands in peat production. I am not sure that sector would call for 18 months. I thought it would be between six and nine months. A lot of seasons are included in 18 months. I am just thinking out loud. It is great to hear Dr. McGann's thoughts on this. Do we need to cover anything else? Would the witnesses...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Nov 2019)

Barry Cowen: ...revenue and gearing it towards regions that have been unfairly affected, especially following the decision by the ESB not to proceed with the Government policy of co-fuelling two of its plants with peat and biomass. Notwithstanding the difficulties arising from that decision for the Government and its repercussions in terms of its responsibility to respond to it, when can we expect...

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019) See 2 other results from this debate

Barry Cowen: ...cost the State €450 million 15 years ago. There was an understanding, a belief and a contention at the time that they were constructed in such a way that there would be capacity to transfer from peat to biomass, either exclusively or with co-fuelling. As I said earlier, Government policy reflected this. Unfortunately, An Bord Pleanála in its wisdom decided against a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (20 Nov 2019)

Richard Bruton: ...'s first Just Transition Commissioner. The Commissioner will help ensure a co-ordinated and effective approach to a Just Transition for communities and workers affected by the imminent ending of peat harvesting for power generation in the Midlands region. The Terms of Reference for the Just Transition Commissioner set out that the secretariat support for the Commissioner will be provided...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019) See 32 other results from this debate

...ESB is a major test for policymakers. Bord na Móna was established with a regional employment mandate and it has supported decent employment across the midlands over many decades. The phasing out of peat production also has implications for the ESB and the decision to close peat-fired stations by December 2020 has added to the fear and uncertainty for workers in the region. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (19 Nov 2019) See 4 other results from this debate

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

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Raised Bog Management Plan (19 Nov 2019)

Josepha Madigan: ...concentrated geophysical and hydrological investigations indicate that any turf cutting there would require monitoring of the turf cutting 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...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (14 Nov 2019)

Richard Bruton: ...biomass harvest of over 1 million cubic metres harvested from private forest estate last year. In the event that all three of the electricity generating plants in the Midlands co-fired peat with biomass, there would not be sufficient amounts of indigenous biomass to meet the demand. Decisions regarding the sourcing of biomass are operational matters for the power plant operator, ESB. ...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Nov 2019)

Leo Varadkar: If the Deputy would give me 30 seconds at least I will come to answer his question. In the past couple of weeks, a decision was taken to take peat off our electricity grid, many years earlier than originally intended. It is not an easy decision for the midlands and is a big test of the just transition. It was a difficult and right decision taken by Government and State agencies. A total...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Offices (13 Nov 2019)

Richard Bruton: ...'s first Just Transition Commissioner. The Commissioner will help ensure a co-ordinated and effective approach to a Just Transition for communities and workers affected by the imminent ending of peat harvesting for power generation in the Midlands region. The Terms of Reference for the Just Transition Commissioner set out that the secretariat support for the Commissioner will be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (13 Nov 2019) See 9 other results from this debate

...by Mr. Padraig Boland, the training manager with Laois and Offaly education and training board, ETB, who is also a member of the regional transition team. I will outline the importance of both peat harvesting and the power stations to the midlands economy and will outline the interventions and activities undertaken by the regional transition team to date. Bord na Móna was...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Power Plant Closures (12 Nov 2019) See 4 other results from this debate

Richard Bruton: ...that we will get permission for the repurposing of the PSO, but obviously we will have to have it signed. We have done a lot of work in that regard and I am confident that we will deliver on it. The peat regulations do require the companies to apply for substitute planning permission. That is a requirement and it will have to be done. Again, I believe the work we are doing in restoring...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Nov 2019)

Richard Bruton: The House will be aware that it was the intention of the Government to have a phased withdrawal from peat. This involved a proposal to co-fire peat with biomass. Unfortunately, An Bord Pleanála rejected that planning application. The ESB carefully evaluated whether it would be possible to secure a successful counter-application to overcome the refusal but, as the Deputy is aware, it...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Nov 2019) See 1 other result from this debate

Maura Hopkins: I raise the decision made by the ESB last Friday on the proposed closure of the peat burning plants in Shannonbridge and Lanesborough. Clearly the ESB is reneging on its commitment to maintain power generation in Shannonbridge and Lanesborough until 2027. As we all know, this is a major blow for staff, their families and the entire region. I met the Minister for Communications, Climate...

Early Exit from Peat for Electricity Generation: Statements (6 Nov 2019) See 12 other results from this debate

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...the country that has taken many blows recently not only with Bord na Móna but with companies like Banagher Concrete too. Many big employers were lost in that part of the world. I recognise that peat is not the most efficient way of generating electricity, but the sector has been a vital industry and an employer for many generations and for hundreds and thousands of families. I...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019) See 14 other results from this debate

Lynn Ruane: ...comprehensive, developed and able to fully capture the current and future environmental value and capacity of a bog habitat. While I recognise the Government has committed €5 million in 2020 to peat bog restoration, this will need to double and treble in 2021 to 2022, as €5 million is unfortunately inadequate given the current state of our bog network and habitats and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Conference of the Parties, COP, 25: Discussion (6 Nov 2019)

...Stop Climate Chaos have been talking to the trade unions much more than we have before and engaging with them around this concept of just transition, given the need for our rapid exit from coal and peat burning and the fact that when Moneypoint is fully online, that method of generation provides 25% of our electricity but 50% of the pollution from our electricity. Rather than us saying we...