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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Bord na Móna (11 May 2021)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...in terms of job losses and lack of employment going forward. The just transition fund's mission was to create economic opportunity for the front-line communities and workers hardest hit by the transition away from peat. It was to be part grant-maker and part catalyst, to provide investments to help communities create 21st-century jobs and technical assistance, to empower local leaders...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Bord na Móna (11 May 2021)

Ossian Smyth: ...and Communications, Deputy Ryan, and the Government, I welcome the opportunity to set out the actions which are being taken by the Government in response to the announcement of the closure of the peat-fuelled power stations and the end of peat harvesting by Bord na Móna. The Government is committed to a just transition in the midlands region and has dedicated significant funding to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Bord na Móna (11 May 2021)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...the lines of An Foras Talúntais, which we used to have in Lullymore, that would be involved in education and research on horticulture and bogs. The final point I wish to make relates to horticultural peat. It is appalling that those who are involved in the nursery industry, employing 6,000 people directly and providing 11,000 ancillary positions, still have no option at this point...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Bord na Móna (11 May 2021)

Ossian Smyth: .... I find the third level college idea very interesting, on a horticultural basis, and retraining will be key. I am happy to talk about it with the Senator when we meet in the future. The importation of peat products from abroad has been mentioned. Clearly, carbon leakage always is a concern. In any policy that we implement to limit the production of high-carbon materials, carbon...