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Seanad: Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Sep 2020)

Seán Kyne: ...State on it. It generated a level of interest and as others have said there were just about shy of 9,000 submissions. That demonstrates the interest in this area. The forestry sector is important in Ireland for a number of reasons. As a country, we must increase forestry as we know the benefit of afforestation in creating carbon sinks for our climate strategy. We welcome that. We...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta (3 Jun 2020)

Seán Kyne: ...refers, a 12,000 square metre factory, vacant since 2004, is being progressed currently in accordance with the appropriate procedures as laid down for Údarás na Gaeltachta for the disposal of property and lands in its ownership. The sale of this disused building was approved by the board of Údarás na Gaeltachta in September 2019 as part of a job creation...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta (20 May 2020)

Seán Kyne: ...that figure on foot of new contracts confirmed recently. The sale is being progressed currently in accordance with the appropriate procedures as laid down for Údarás na Gaeltachta in the disposal of property and lands in its ownership. Údarás na Gaeltachta has confirmed that following full assessment of the expansion proposals from the client company the sale of...

Provision of Accommodation and Ancillary Services to Applicants for International Protection: Statements (13 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: ...not want to repeat that history. Direct provision has been with us for 20 years. It started off as an emergency because there were no alternatives. Even during the most recent recession people left this land to improve their lot. There are varied but common reasons people leave their country of origin. Some people are afraid because they have received threats to their lives because...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: ...is reduced turf cutting pressure. These sites are to be proposed for designation to make up for the loss of habitat within the NHA sites where turf cutting is to continue. The 2014 review concluded that Ireland could more effectively achieve conservation of threatened raised bog habitats through focused protection and restoration of a reconfigured network. The review clearly set out...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: ...issue, which has been the subject of national debate over many years, will be brought forward in the Dáil at a future time. The proposal to reconfigure the network by including State-owned lands is a positive one that has been warmly received by turf cutters and small landowners. I welcome the work that has been done by Senators on this Bill.

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2019)

Seán Kyne: ...the National Raised Bog Special Areas of Conservation Management Plan 2017-2022, which was approved by the Government and published in December 2017. This restoration programme links with the peatlands actions contained in the Government's Climate Action Plan 2019. In budget 2020, €7 million has been allocated to embark on an accelerated programme of peatland restoration and...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)

Seán Kyne: ...trying to do. It is not about wholesale dedesignation; rather it is acknowledged that in certain cases such as projects for the good of the community there may be a need to dedesignate small amounts of land. We want to ensure clarity in that regard. We could discuss several projects that might be delayed because of things like this. Either way, a strategic environmental impact...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (25 Sep 2019)

Seán Kyne: ...raised bog natural heritage areas, NHA, review was to look at how the network contributes to our conservation objectives for raised bog habitats, while avoiding impacts on the traditional rights of landowners and turf cutters and minimising the costs arising from compensation payments. Reconfiguration of the raised bog network, which this Bill will facilitate, is based on sound scientific...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (25 Sep 2019)

Seán Kyne: ...nature as set out by the Senators. As I told the House before, in past the State actively promoted the removal of biodiversity through the promotion of agriculture. There were grants to drain wetlands or remove hedgerows or walls. We have done an about turn on that. Through our membership of the European Union and so on, we recognise that we have a responsibility to protect and enhance...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (25 Sep 2019)

Seán Kyne: ...public bodies, nevertheless they have a very important function to play in biodiversity. I will discuss this with officials as they have an important role. It is a fair point that there may be lands that may not be farmed actively, some owned by the State or State bodies or are private owned by them, which are zoned for future development where there would be the removal of habitat to...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (25 Sep 2019)

Seán Kyne: ...Senators Higgins, Ruane and Kelleher. The amendments provide that when the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht publishes a notice of his or her intention to make an order designating land as a natural heritage area or when the Minister dedesignates all or part of a site as a natural heritage area by making an order to amend or revoke a natural heritage area order, the...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 May 2019)

Seán Kyne: ...issues raised by the Senator regarding de-designation were previously discussed. This section of the Bill seeks to address the changes made in terms of encouraging extra designation of State-owned lands and de-designation of some privately owned lands in order to accommodate the difficulties that have played out in the media over many years in regard to turf cutting. On what we need to...

Orders of Reference of Special Joint Committee on Climate Action: Motion (8 May 2019)

Seán Kyne: ...made implementing the recommendations contained in the report, including the amendment of existing climate action legislation, and/or the development of new climate action legislation;(ii) contribute to the development of Ireland’s draft National Energy and Climate Plan 2021-2030, in the context of the Regulation on the Governance of the Energy Union (COM 2016/759); (iii) review...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Air Services Provision (10 Apr 2019)

Seán Kyne: ...Department to transfer a small section of the Inishbofin site to the HSE for the construction of a new health centre for the island community, while the facility at Cleggan is being provided to the Coast Guard for use as a landing base serving the west coast.  Neither of these new facilities will, I should add, in any way prejudice the future use of either site for the...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (2 Apr 2019)

Seán Kyne: I accept that there is an eternal debate here. On the one hand, we have the concerns of local communities about what are often small areas of land and their designation. Communities may wish to remove small contentious areas of land from the designation because in their view, it will not impact on the overall status of the larger NHA. On the other hand, we need to protect the maximum...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (2 Apr 2019)

Seán Kyne: ...are other areas that have been impacted on less and still others that have been untouched. There may be areas that have not been designated but could be as part of a review. Again, we need to look at State lands, as we did in NHA designations. It would all be part of a process in looking at special areas of conservation. The Bill does not allow for de-designation of SACs, but in a...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (26 Mar 2019)

Seán Kyne: These sites complement the 53 areas of protected raised bog and 50 areas of protected blanket bog in Ireland which have been selected for conservation as special areas of conservation, SACs, in accordance with the EU habitats directive. In recognition of the fact that the same legal regime did not apply to NHAs as to SACs, in April 2011 the then Government decided to carry out a scientific...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2019)

Seán Kyne: ...the Senators have indicated that they may look at amendments in this area. Senator Higgins referred to raised bogs and to the designation of 25 new areas as being positive. These are mainly State-owned lands. One of the things we often hear is that the State is attacking the little guy while ignoring its own responsibilities. We are now looking at designating and restoring State lands....

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2019)

Seán Kyne: ...that one hopes will not be enacted but we are here to do that in order to ensure that we are ready for the unthinkable. I acknowledge the Brexit team within the Government, including the Taoiseach, Tánaiste and the Minister of State with responsibility for European Affairs, Deputy McEntee, which has served the country well at a difficult time. I acknowledge the cross-party support...