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- Seanad: Electricity Prices: Motion (6 Oct 2010)
Nicky McFadden: ...hope to gain from it. He spoke about how the money will be spent, with the levy raising â¬157 million. Some 9% of this will go to the public service, with â¬78 million going to subsidised peat-powered electricity. The remaining â¬43 million will go to wind power. Although we all agree wind power is the way to go, it is horrendously expensive but has the benefit of reducing our...
- Seanad: Natural Heritage Areas (7 Oct 2009)
Nicky McFadden: ...but I am glad the Minister of State, who is from the midlands, is present. Corlea, and the major prehistoric trackway of large oak planks, was found in 1984 when Bord na Móna was harvesting peat near Keenagh, County Longford. The oak road is the largest in Europe and was excavated by Professor Barry Raftery of UCD. From tree ring analysis Professor Raftery identified that this great...
- Seanad: Turbary Rights (21 May 2008)
Nicky McFadden: ...is not to blame for the destruction of our flora and fauna. The people who have cut and used turf for generations, those who have preserved and saved our bogs, are now being punished. Large-scale peat abstraction by developers has destroyed most of our bogs. Some developers have exported millions of tonnes of peat to the EU. Surely this is the reason the rare species are being...