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- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (27 Jan 2021)
Martin Browne: 49. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the carbon emissions of Ireland's 5,500 ha of bog used for horticultural peat harvesting; and the reduction in emissions envisaged for 2021 and 2022 through the use of imported peat. [4004/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (27 Jan 2021)
Eamon Ryan: The Environmental Protections Agency's National Inventory Report 2020 sets out emissions from different land use sectors. While wetlands, which covers areas used for peat production, was a net emitter of approximately 1.5 Mt CO2 equivalent in 2018, bog rehabilitation and restoration will play key role in tackling our climate and biodiversity challenges in the coming...