Results 1-7 of 7 for cork speaker:Pippa Hackett

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (26 Oct 2023)

Pippa Hackett: ...Company CLG - Social Farming Network has received €400,000. Under the social farming model contracts, Leitrim Integrated Development Company CLG has received €100,000, Down Syndrome Ireland Cork branch has received €92,485, South Kerry Development Partnership has received €100,000, and IRD Duhallow has received €84,250. It is anticipated that a similar...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Nov 2022)

Pippa Hackett: ...project start date of 1 February 2022. The project is co-ordinated by the Teagasc horticultural development department, with project partners from the Technological University of the Shannon, University College Cork, University College Dublin, University of Limerick and the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute in Northern Ireland. The project aims to identify full and partial replacements...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2022)

Pippa Hackett: .... Most will assess their environment before even taking such a decision. That puts me and my husband, and the majority of us, in a very privileged position. Scrolling through the excellent Cork LGBT Archive, I found the report of Ireland's first National Gay Conference in 1981, which was a precursor to Pride in Ireland. It refers to a certain David Norris as a speaker and reports...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Ports Facilities (2 Jun 2022)

Pippa Hackett: I thank Senator Buttimer for his Commencement matter. The Port of Cork is currently a designated border control post, BCP, approved for container shipments of wood and wood products. Inspections take place at the Tivoli container terminal near Cork city where there is a leased Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine office and inspection room, where unloading bays have been shared...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Ports Facilities (2 Jun 2022)

Pippa Hackett: I thank the Senator and can see the passion he has for this issue. I am sure the Port of Cork welcomes his support for its submission. The issue is still under consideration. I cannot say whether it is ruled in or out. It is still open and the submission from the Port of Cork seems justifiable. The Senator's pleas for it to happen are justified. We are continuing to analyse the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Sep 2021)

Pippa Hackett: ...use of inorganic nitrogen fertiliser through to 2030. It does not say by how much but it does say we must do it without undermining family opportunity. Last week, I visited a dairy farmer on the Cork-Waterford border and I want to tell his story to the House. This farmer is no green romantic and is not an organic producer. He is an intensive farmer who milks 200 cows on 265 acres,...

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

Pippa Hackett: ..., production. This citizen knowledge is a key enabler to help meet our own ambitious targets to 2023 and beyond. ESB Networks has begun the installation of smart meters in parts of Dublin, Cork, Laois, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow. This roll-out will continue on a phased area-by-area basis and a detailed roll-out plan is currently being developed. Officials in the Department of...