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Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2022) See 2 other results from this debate

Verona Murphy: ...policy and decisions have made us more reliant on European and UK imports and, therefore, we are more exposed than we should be to events beyond our control. The Government has closed our own peat-powered plants. We have given the Government a proposal on the reopening of those facilities but it has, in the programme for Government, banned the exploration of gas off our coasts and we...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Regulations (20 Sep 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Michael Fitzmaurice: 58. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will oppose the proposed European Union regulation on land and peat restoration with reference to the biodiversity strategy and climate strategy as part of the European Union Council of Ministers, given that the consequences for Irish farming will be detrimental if this regulation is left in its present form...

Water Services (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (15 Sep 2022)

Mattie McGrath: ...destroy every motor, every dishwasher and everything else. The Government will just turn it off. It thinks it can do this and get away with it. That is what it was inadvertently planning for by closing peat-fired power stations and everything else but I will not go into that debate. I refer to the whole situation of water in Dublin. I have nothing against the people of Dublin....

Security of Electricity Supply: Motion [Private Members] (15 Sep 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Richard O'Donoghue: The cracks are showing, are they not? I see the Minister's party colleagues are on radio saying that they believe the peat plants should be opened up again to provide power for the people who put them here to protect them. We all want to protect the environment and the universe but we put our people first and we work for the future. What the Minister has done to the people of Ireland is...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Energy Policy (15 Sep 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Micheál Carrigy: ...and Ireland, we will be in major trouble. What will have to happen then is that businesses will shut down, and ultimately there is the possibility of a blackout in towns. Fuel can be sourced from peat that is on-site. There is 45 loads of it being drawn off the site every day. We have sawmills in the facility for chipping. We have an issue with ash dieback with which the Minister will...

Measures to Assist with Household Bills: Motion [Private Members] (14 Sep 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Brian Stanley: ...figure of €40 million was mentioned. What are these to be fuelled with? Is it diesel? Is that the case? What are we going to fuel these emergency generators with? We had a sustainable way of reducing carbon emissions. Fair enough, we had to move away from peat but we could have used biomass, biogas, anaerobic generation and all of the other means we could use to generate...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (14 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...a very high penetration of variable electricity on the Irish grid, with increased storage capacity providing a low-carbon substitute for high greenhouse gas emitting power generation fuels, such as peat and coal. EirGrid has reported that a number of battery projects have been contracted via two mechanisms: SEM Capacity Auctions and DS3 Systems Services. There is currently approximately...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (14 Jul 2022)

Simon Harris: ...wind turbine maintenance in conjunction with Kerry ETB. Other programmes of interest to LOETB, which were referenced at the meeting as potential "start points" of French-Irish cooperation include: Digital Technologies; Sustainable Agriculture and the transition from Peat to Renewable Energy, to name but a few. The Wind Turbine Maintenance Technician (WTMT) Apprenticeship was launched in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (14 Jul 2022) See 3 other results from this answer

Jennifer Whitmore: 879. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of phytosanitary certificates issued by his Department for peat products exported for certain companies (details supplied) per year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38840/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta (14 Jul 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ..., involving the replacement of non-native with native woodlands; - The Midlands Native Woodland Project which aims to plant approximately 4 million native trees across 1500 hectares of Bord na Móna land no longer used for peat production; - The Wild Western Peatlands Project which aims to restore and rehabilitate approximately 2,100 hectares of Atlantic blanket bog and heathland...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2022)

Micheál Martin: ...management of arable fallow. It will also touch on climate measures around water quality and reducing chemical nitrogen usage. Actions to be taken through ACRES will include catch crops, low-input peat grassland and the planting of trees. All of that will make a significant contribution to the achievement of the agricultural measures under the land use change and forestry chapter of the...

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: ...some climate legislation, which we have supported, but it appears it is incapable of pushing its Government colleagues to meet those legally-binding targets. We, therefore, see a stand-off on agriculture emissions and on peat and, all the while, the countdown to climate catastrophe keeps ticking. On childcare, the Government is bound to examine the introduction of a universal public...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (12 Jul 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...on to people's bills? How much did the 200 MW add on to people's bills? How much will the 450 MW add on to people's bills? We can have these discussions here about megawatts and emergency generation and peat generation, but what people want to know is how much additionally, it will cost them.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Renewable Energy Generation (7 Jul 2022)

Simon Harris: ...wind turbine maintenance in conjunction with Kerry ETB. Other programmes of interest to LOETB, which were referenced at the meeting as potential "start points" of French-Irish cooperation include: Digital Technologies; Sustainable Agriculture and the transition from Peat to Renewable Energy, to name but a few. The Wind Turbine Maintenance Technician (WTMT) Apprenticeship was launched in...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (6 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: ...if the Minister's colleague in his concluding remarks and the officials in Monday's briefing would elaborate on this. For example, is substitute consent required for An Bord Pleanála or other peat harvesting? It is not so much for the continuation of peat harvesting, which will not be permissible due to environmental impacts, but there could be infrastructure related to those kinds...

Seanad: EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (5 Jul 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Ossian Smyth: ...investments to ensure our grid can accommodate up to 80% renewables by 2030. The Bill also enables Bord na Móna to further develop its brown to green strategy and deliver new investments to former peat harvesting regions. To ensure the security of our electricity supply over the coming years, it is vital that the legislation be passed prior to the Dåil rising in order to make...

Seanad: EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Jul 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Ossian Smyth: ...what the companies can use the increased borrowing limits for. A borrowing limit increase for Bord na Móna will underpin the company's brown-to-green transition. The company has ceased its peat harvesting activities and is accelerating the deployment of renewable energy, particularly in these former peat harvesting regions. Just transition is already a part of Bord na Móna's...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Offices (5 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...unit is delivering, with the National Parks and Wildlife Service and Bord na Móna, the Enhanced Decommissioning, Rehabilitation and Restoration Scheme (EDRRS). EDRRS is rehabilitating 33,000 hectares of Bord na Móna peatlands that had been previously harvested for peat extraction for electricity generation. EDRSS is supporting 225 jobs to date with the potential to support 310...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (5 Jul 2022) See 1 other result from this answer

Eamon Ryan: Government remains committed to a just transition in the Midlands region and has dedicated significant funding to supporting workers, companies and communities affected by the closure of the peat-fired power stations and the end of peat extraction by Bord na Móna.To date, 56 National Just Transition Fund projects have entered into a grant agreement with my Department, with €21.5...