Results 1-20 of 47 for agriculture scheme data speaker:Denis Naughten

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (8 Feb 2024)

Denis Naughten: 276. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 494 of 23 January 2024; if he would overlay the sentinel 1 survey data with the OPW flood maps of the Shannon Callows to finally resolve disputes with regard to the scale of summer flooding due to grass cover; or alternatively if he would apply winter sentinel 1 survey data at the same water...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Flood Relief Schemes (23 Jan 2024)

Denis Naughten: 494. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to Shannon Callows Flooding Scheme, if the Sentinel satellite data aerial monitoring system is incapable of picking up images of water in the middle of the Callow land if grass is growing 3/4 ft high; the reason other open source satellite data which could identify water in such circumstances was not used; if any on the...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: ...on electricity prices here in Ireland. Electricity prices have gone up far more significantly than any other fuel cost in this country so far this year. That is partly a result of the speculative data centre development for companies that are not employing anyone here in Ireland, including the cost of providing green electricity and grid connections to them. In addition, we have...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2021)

Denis Naughten: ...our global goal of reducing emissions because the primary focus will not change. My big fear is the focus will remain on upfront costs, which is an incentive to do little and leave it all to the agricultural sector, with the easy option being an overall reduction in the national herd which could, ultimately, be anti-climate. The current system of calculating climate emissions...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2020)

Denis Naughten: I want to echo the comments of Deputy Farrell in respect of data centres. I am not going to go into the argument today, as the Minister knows my views on the issue very well, but the one point I wish to add to Deputy Farrell's argument is that every other example of where there are large numbers of data centres, they are part of a very large electricity network. That is not the case in...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2020)

Denis Naughten: I would like to comment briefly on the Minister's responses. In terms of data centres, we all accept that the direct economic activity from data centres is minimal. Using the construction dividend in terms of it is undermining our housing programme across the country. The Minister is correct that once these data centres are completed the amount of direct jobs generated is small. In terms...

Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: ...it is a considerable challenge for them now to try to redesign their way of operating. As the Minister of State will be aware, in my previous life as Minister I actively promoted a Government scheme called the trading online voucher in order to try to get businesses to start trading online. I commend the Government on increasing the grant rate in this regard, from 50% up to 90%, and...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Denis Naughten: While agricultural production emits methane into the atmosphere, we also need to acknowledge that food production takes carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. The key issue, therefore, is not methane production but the increase in the overall volume of methane produced from agriculture. We must also note that throughout the EU, between 2005 and 2016 there has been an 9% reduction in overall...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Alternative Energy Projects (10 Oct 2018)

Denis Naughten: ...by at least 80% (compared to 1990 levels) by 2050 across the electricity generation, built environment and transport sectors; and in parallel, to pursue an approach to carbon neutrality in the agriculture and land-use sector, including forestry, which does not compromise capacity for sustainable food production. Under the Paris Agreement, the EU has committed to a reduction of at least...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (10 Oct 2018)

Denis Naughten: ...to 1990 levels) by 2050 across the electricity generation, built environment and transport sectors. In parallel, the National Policy Position commits to pursing an approach to carbon neutrality in the agriculture and land-use sector, including forestry, which does not compromise capacity for sustainable food production. The enactment, in December 2015, of the Climate Action and Low Carbon...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Official Engagements (9 Oct 2018)

Denis Naughten: ...11/07/2018 SECRETARY GENERAL 11/07/2018 Physio 11/07/2018 GOVERNMENT MEETING 12/07/2018 LEADERS QUESTIONS 12/07/2018 VOTING TIME 12/07/2018 LUNCH 12/07/2018 BRIEF WITH SEAI RE: SOLAR MICRO-GEN SCHEME 12/07/2018 BRENDAN TUOHY 12/07/2018 DEPARTMENT BBQ 12/07/2018 CLINIC 12/07/2018 CLINIC 13/07/2018 UN HLPF 15/07/2018 FLIGHT DUBLIN - JFK 15/07/2018 Opening of the Ministerial...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (18 Sep 2018)

Denis Naughten: ...by at least 80% (compared to 1990 levels) by 2050 across the electricity generation, built environment and transport sectors; and, in parallel, to pursue an approach to carbon neutrality in the agriculture and land-use sector, including forestry, which does not compromise capacity for sustainable food production. Under the Paris Agreement, the EU has committed, on behalf of its Member...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Mitigation Plan (25 Apr 2018)

Denis Naughten: ...Climate Action and Low Carbon Development 2014 establishes a long-term objective to pursue substantial decarbonisation of the energy, transport and built environment sectors, as well as pursuing carbon neutrality in the agriculture and land sector. Transition to low carbon electricity generation will be key to successfully meeting this objective. The National Mitigation Plan...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Expenditure (17 Apr 2018)

Denis Naughten: ...on the Environment €36,975 2017 Indecon International Economic Consultants Review of Designated Events of Major Importance to Society under the Broadcasting Act 2009 €82,719 2015 Tekenable Review of TV Licence Database and System Review €36,017 2015 Indecon International Economic Consultants Review of the Impact of Opt-Out Advertising on the Irish Broadcasting...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Efficiency (21 Mar 2018)

Denis Naughten: ...Efficiency) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 426 of 2014). As part of this study a map of Ireland’s heat demand was developed. In addition to presenting a spatial representation of Ireland's heat demand data, the map includes industrial waste heat availability for EU Emissions Trading System sites, the location of industrial sites, key energy supply technologies including power...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Tyre Disposal (20 Feb 2018)

Denis Naughten: I signed the Waste Management (Tyres and Waste Tyres) Regulations 2017 on 14 September last and the scheme came into effect from 1st October 2017. I introduced these regulations to deal with a chronic problem with waste tyres in Ireland. These regulations enabled me to put in place a full compliance scheme for tyre operators, operated by Repak End of Life Tyres (ELT) with a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (14 Feb 2018)

Denis Naughten: ...2021 to 2030. The targets cover sectors of the economy that fall outside the scope of the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS). These sectors, including the built-environment, transport and agriculture, account for almost 55% of total EU-28 emissions and 71% of Irish emissions. The proposal is the successor to the Effort Sharing Decision, which established national emissions...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Alternative Energy Projects (14 Feb 2018)

Denis Naughten: ...to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in Ireland across the electricity generation, built environment and transport sectors; and in parallel, to pursue an approach to carbon neutrality in the agriculture and land-use sector, including forestry, which does not compromise capacity for sustainable food production. The 2015 Energy White Paper presents a long-term strategic vision that is...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015: Statements (29 Nov 2017)

Denis Naughten: ..., it is not just about the domestic level. Ireland is very much involved at an international level. We held the International Plant Protection Convention, IPPC, seminar in Dublin earlier this year on agriculture and the land use working group. That report will be completed in 2019. It will be significant from an Irish perspective because agriculture plays such a key part in our overall...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (21 Nov 2017)

Denis Naughten: Official inventories of Ireland's greenhouse gas emissions are prepared annually by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The most recent data, for the year 2015, were published on 13 April 2017 and are available on the EPA's website at . According to this data, the breakdown of emissions by sector in 2015 is as follows: Sector Mt CO2eq. % of total 2015 emissions Agriculture 19.81...