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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (9 Sep 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ... Group % 2020 2021 2022 2023 Gas Fossil % 51.0% 45.7% 48.8% 44.3% Wind Renewable % 36.3% 29.5% 33.1% 33.7% Coal Fossil % 2.1% 8.2% 7.0% 3.5% Peat Fossil % 2.9% 1.0% 0.7% 0.4% Oil Fossil % 1.2% 4.4% 3.2% 0.7% Hydro Renewable % 2.9% 2.3% 2.1% 2.7% Landfill gas Renewable % 0.4% 0.4%...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (9 Jul 2024)

Eamon Ryan: My Department is currently supporting the Enhanced Decommissioning Rehabilitation and Restoration Scheme (EDRRS) (also referred to as the Peatlands Climate Action Scheme), where rehabilitation of peatlands is currently being undertaken by Bord na Móna. This scheme is part of Ireland’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan and is funded by the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility up...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Just Transition (27 Jun 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...of the midlands region. The designated territory for Ireland’s programme was approved by the Government and by the European Commission and is aligned with the historical dependence of the region on commercial peat extraction for power generation as described in the territorial just transition plan which underpins the programme. To date, €137 million of this funding has...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Just Transition (27 Jun 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...Athy and Clane-Maynooth in County Kildare; and Carrick-on-Suir and Thurles in County Tipperary. That is because our application and our approach very much targeted the switch away from extracting peat. Moneypoint is changing and will switch off coal-powered generation next year. However, it will continue to be a significant piece of energy infrastructure, initially in a transition phase...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (12 Jun 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...funding invested in new roads/bridges or for road realignments. Offaly County Council in conjunction with the Department of Transport have been working on a pilot project for the roads over peat. The pilot project is to help identify innovative solutions in dealing with the issue of road over peat. Between 2022 and 2023, Offaly County Council received €1,953,572 in funding...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Business Supports (16 May 2024)

Eamon Ryan: My Department has made funding available to the Midlands region, through the National and EU Just Transition Funds, to support workers, companies and communities affected by the ending of peat extraction for power generation by Bord na Móna and by the closure of the ESB's peat-fired power stations in the region. The National Just Transition Fund, administered by my Department and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition (21 Mar 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...to transition to a climate neutral economy by no later than 2050. In respect of the Midlands, the Government continues to support workers, companies and communities affected by the closure of the peat-fired power stations and the ending of peat extraction by Bord na Móna through both the National and EU Just Transition Funds. The National Just Transition Fund, established in 2020,...

Nature Restoration Law: Statements (7 Mar 2024)

Eamon Ryan: .... It is no fault of anyone, and I am not putting the blame on anyone, but those forest systems were put in the wrong place. Typically they were put up high on the mountains where we were draining peaty soils. The nature of the forestry, involving clear fell, monoculture and fast-rotation cycles, does not enhance nature. It does not improve water quality. It does not protect and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Policy (7 Mar 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...we have at the moment is the Edenderry power plant, managed by Bord na Móna, which was designed to be 100% biomass compatible and has done exactly that. We switched away from the burning of peat in it. We are using 100% wood material now. I met Bord na Móna on this issue last week and I am told it is working very effectively. It is using a lot of relatively low-grade waste...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Policy (7 Mar 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...Deputy is right about fossil fuel subsidies. They are a critical issue right across the world. We have looked to withdraw them in a variety of areas. An example might be our change in the use of peat in power generation. There are further measures, especially in the transport sector. That is an issue the EU is currently considering and we must work within the European context on this....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition (7 Mar 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...to a climate neutral economy by no later than 2050. In relation to the Midlands region, the Government continues to support workers, companies and communities affected by the closure of the peat-fired power stations and the ending of peat harvesting by Bord na Móna. The National Just Transition Fund, established in 2020, continues to support local and community-led...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (7 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...electricity to power more than 2.5 million homes. Alongside expanding our renewable energy capacity, the Plan includes measures aimed at strengthening our grid and phasing out the use of coal and peat. This Government is also taking a number of significant measures to reduce our agricultural emissions. Measures in CAP24 include reducing our chemical nitrogen fertiliser use,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: European Union (30 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...affected by the transition to climate neutrality, ensuring that no one is left behind. In Ireland, this provides funding to the Midlands region, to address the longer-term socio-economic transition arising from the end of commercial peat extraction and peat-fired power generation. The new Social Climate Fund, established as part of the Fit for 55 Package, will dedicate €65 billion...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: EU Directives (17 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...formal Notice INFR(2019)4007 Directive 2011/92/EU on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment in relation to peat extraction projects Reasoned Opinion INFR(2022)2053 Directive 2008/50/EC on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe in Ireland ...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition (13 Dec 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...set out in Climate Action Plan 2023. In relation to the Midlands region, the Climate Action Plan sets out the response of the Government to the challenges posed by the early closure of the ESB's peat-fired power stations and the end of peat extraction by Bord na Mona. This response has also been informed by the reports and recommendations of Kieran Mulvey in his role as Just Transition...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition (6 Dec 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ..., Roscommon, and Westmeath; and specified municipal districts in Galway, Kildare and Tipperary), to address the longer-term economic transition of the region arising from the end of commercial peat extraction and peat-fired power generation. To date, €66 million of funding has been made available for projects that support the bioeconomy, electric vehicle charging infrastructure,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...path I have seen taken by Bord na Móna, which has gone from brown to green. It had a near death experience between four and five years ago when the European legal requirement landed and it ended peat production. Look at what has happened to Bord na Móna since. It has turned the company round incredibly. It is probably one of the fastest growing and most successful companies...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (28 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...Dec 2023. Scheduled to close thereafter Moneypoint 820MW Coal Modelled as not available from October 2024 Edenderry 118MW Peat Will now run exclusively on biomass from Jan 2024 As part of the Commission for Regulation of Utilities Security of Supply Programme, plans have been put in place to extend the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (28 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...until Dec 2023. Scheduled to close thereafter Moneypoint 820MW Coal Modelled as not available from October 2024 Edenderry 118MW Peat Will now run exclusively on biomass from Jan 2024 As part of the Commission for Regulation of Utilities Security of Supply Programme, plans have been put in place to extend the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Policy (16 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...made a comparison, which I think is a useful one. Looking at Bord na Móna, four years ago it found itself in really challenging circumstances. It was legally required to stop the production of peat. It has turned matters around and is probably the most successful, fastest-growing, biggest-investing green company in the country, if not Europe. It is a model for how to transition...