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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Organic Farming (10 Feb 2022)

Pippa Hackett: ...the development of the organic sector in Ireland, which is why the organic farming scheme was reopened this week for the second year in a row. That has been a long time coming. An increase of €5 million has been secured in the budget allocation for the scheme this year. Again, this additional funding would facilitate an additional 50,000 ha of land under conversion, which would...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Feb 2022)

Pippa Hackett: ...market for organic produce is growing and support for organic farming is also growing. Next week I will reopen the organic farming scheme for the second time in as many years with an additional €5 million. It will be more accessible to a greater number of farmers. The scheme will open every year for the next five years and, hopefully, beyond. I ask farmers to please consider it....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Forestry Sector (9 Dec 2021)

Pippa Hackett: ...licences have issued. My Department commenced compiling its own timber volume data for issued tree felling licences last year, when the 1,700 felling licences issued covered a volume of just over 5 million cu. m. To date this year, to the end of November, more than 7.7 million cu. m of timber has been licensed. That is expected to be about 8 million cu. m by the end of the year. That...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Environment Fund (1 Mar 2021)

Pippa Hackett: ...Europe's oldest surviving near natural ecosystems. Due to their conservation value, more than 26,000 ha of raised bogs are protected under the EU habitats directive and national legislation. Some 50 blanket bogs are designated as special areas of conservation. In their natural state, peatlands provide multiple ecosystems services such as water and air quality improvements, flood...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: National Smart Metering Programme (11 Nov 2020)

Pippa Hackett: ...Regulation of Utilities, CRU, with ESB Networks, for the rolling out of the smart-ready electricity meters nationwide. Since September 2019, when ESB Networks commenced the replacement of over 2 million electricity meters, over 180,000 meters have been installed to the end of October 2020. Owing to Covid restrictions progress in 2020 has been challenging. However, ESB Networks is to be...