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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...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Accounts of the Public Services
Chapter 9 - Greenhouse Gas-Related Financial Transactions: Discussion (5 Nov 2019) See 2 other results from this debate

Mr. Gerry Brady: It is generally seen as less polluting than coal or peat.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 Nov 2019) See 1 other result from this debate

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.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...shall be followed immediately by Taoiseach's questions. Contributions on the expressions of sympathy shall not exceed two minutes each. No. 34, statements on the potential of an early exit from peat for electricity generation, shall conclude within 85 minutes, if not previously concluded. Statements shall be confined to a single round for a Minister or Minister of State and the main...

Seanad: Climate Action: Statements (5 Nov 2019)

Terry Leyden: ...report, Departments are to be commended on transparently reporting on their commitments, as well as for their work on adaptation plans but how does such a ridiculous photo opportunity appear to the peat workers who stand the loss of the only jobs they have ever known, to the farmer whose potato crop has been destroyed by the extreme rainfall of recent weeks, or to those with respiratory...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (5 Nov 2019)

Richard Bruton: ...increase from the current level of 30%. The Climate Action Plan provides for the early and complete phase-out of the highest CO2 intensity fossil fuels in the electricity sector - coal by 2025 and peat by 2028 - leading to a reduction of 7-8Mt of CO2 emissions by 2030.The specific trajectory of renewable electricity out to 2030 will be set out in Ireland's National Energy and Climate Plan...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Nov 2019) See 3 other results from this debate

Paschal Donohoe: ...require separate state aid approval from the European Commission. The package of measures that I have brought forward is meant for all regions of the country. While I absolutely appreciate the importance of the EII scheme to the midlands, I am also aware, as Deputy Denis Naughten's amendment identifies, of the very particular challenges that peat regions are facing in the Deputy's...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Grants (24 Oct 2019)

Michael Creed: ...is hydrologically connected to the River Moy SAC, which is an important SAC for salmon, among other species.  My Department’s Ecologist is also reviewing the application and will consider the SAC and the peat soils found on site, along with any possible effects that may occur during the full rotation on water quality.  It is likely that a Natura Impact Statement (NIS)...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Peatlands Restoration and Rehabilitation: Discussion (23 Oct 2019) See 30 other results from this debate

...for inviting me to make this presentation on behalf of the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. I shall first give the committee a little background to the policy framework on peatlands and then I will speak about the national peatlands strategy and peatlands restoration. Peatlands cover approximately 20% of the State's land area and their use has implications across a...

An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (22 Oct 2019) See 1 other result from this debate

Michael Harty: ...will flow from it, there is a proposal to set up a just transition fund of €6 million to help communities to move away from high carbon sources of energy to low sources, which is a reference to peat and coal burning stations. The fund is to be used to mitigate the significant affects on workers and local communities as the transition happens. However, It is to be confined to peat...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: ...;is, Eircom, Coillte, aviation, and port and docks. These are pensioners across all the constituencies who devoted their working lives for the benefit of the State. They provided the nation's electricity, gas, peat, radio, television, telecommunications, aviation and myriad other State services that we all take for granted. They are represented by the retired semi-State staff...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2019) See 7 other results from this debate

Seán Kyne: ...in a national plan or, as the case may be, plan for the island of Ireland for the time being concerning the reversal of pollinator decline".I am conscious of the benefits of the restoration of peatlands for Ireland's commitments under international climate change ,targets and I am aware that functioning peatlands capture carbon from the atmosphere and store it in the form of peat and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: National Raised Bog Management Plan (22 Oct 2019)

Michael Creed: My Department recognises wetlands and peat soils as an important carbon pool in the Irish landscape. Reducing emissions by water table manipulation has the potential to significantly reduce GHG emissions from these soils and is a means to positively contribute to our climate change mitigation ambitions. This is an important part of Agriculture's contribution to the emission reductions and is...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (22 Oct 2019)

Richard Bruton: ...our 2030 targets, to make our homes warmer, our air cleaner and to secure a sustainable, resilient Ireland for future generations. Under the Climate Action Plan we will: · Fully exit from peat and coal to generate electricity · Move from 30% renewable electricity today to 70% renewable electricity by 2030. In making these critical changes, energy sustainability and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Protection Agency Remit (22 Oct 2019)

Richard Bruton: ...by my Department and the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government respectively, and which jointly sought to make the Environmental Protection Agency the single competent authority for peat extraction over 30 hectares in Ireland. Both Departments are giving the judgment, and potential responses on the part of Government, detailed consideration and have sought legal advice from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019) See 1 other result from this debate

...that investment profile and allowing the projects to proceed. We are also conscious of the fact that decarbonising our electricity supply means coming off coal at Moneypoint by 2025. We will be coming off peat in the coming years too. As a result, all of that capacity has to be dealt with. The big offshore projects are important for us in the light of our ambitions. We are keen to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (16 Oct 2019)

Kevin Moran: ...down the Shannon, right across the Shannon catchment area, including in Limerick, is enormous. People should see the works we did at Meelick. There they will see that tonnes and tonnes of silt, peat and other material have been taken out of there. It has been a huge success. The depth at Meelick Weir was 2 ft. It is now back to 10 ft, which is what it always was. There was a buildup...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Electricity Generation (16 Oct 2019) See 3 other results from this debate

Barry Cowen: ...the PSO. The carbon credits and the costs associated with them have multiplied by four, since the ESB belatedly only hedged funds up to six months in advance. Next year is the last year it can burn peat alone. The Minister stated it is Government policy to co-fuel but it has not insisted on the ESB seeking a judicial review of the decision. I do not believe it is fair, appropriate or...

Financial Resolutions - Financial Resolution No. 9: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: ...in carbon tax in the coming year will be spent. There is no transparency across government in regard to how it is spent. The Government raises carbon taxes on diesel, petrol, marked gas oil, natural gas extraction and kerosene, solid fuels, coal and peat, liquid petroleum gas and fuel oil. A breakdown of these categories is set out in the recently published ESRI document. The Central...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (16 Oct 2019)

Richard Bruton: ...existing capacity. - Retrofitting of homes will be 10 times its present level - Non-recyclable plastics will have been eliminated. On the other hand it also highlights: - the ending of the use of peat and coal in electricity generation - the end of new sales of combustion engine cars - the need to retrofit 500,000 homes to B2 standard. All of these represent economic and social challenges...