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Home Heating Fuels: Motion [Private Members] (26 Apr 2022) See 6 other results from this debate

Paul Murphy: ...change and eco-socialist policies that put people's needs and our planet first. The science is crystal clear: Ireland bogs are the richest in Europe, and bogs are incredibly good carbon sinks. Peatlands cover 3% of the world's surface but store 40% of all carbon in the soil. They store twice as much carbon as all the forests in the world. They are a treasure trove of biodiversity in...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: I thought the aromatic flavour of wine was more berry-like and that whiskey was more peat-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Micheál Martin: There will be no restrictions on people who own their own bogs and use turf in their domestic fire or share it with neighbours. There is no ban on the gifting of peat by those with rights to harvest sod peat. What Deputy McDonald needs to be very careful of is the fact that the big issue here is the coal industry; that is the big villain of the piece here. Back in the early 1990s, the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (26 Apr 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...Domestic Fuel Cost Comparison reports, published quarterly by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, consistently show that low smoke ovoids are more cost-efficient than other types of coal, peat and wood logs, in terms of heat delivered per unit cost. I made the announcement one year ahead of the introduction of new regulations to provide industry and retailers with sufficient...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Turf Cutting (26 Apr 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...regulations is to ensure that better quality, more efficient fuels will be available on the market. Low smoke ovoids are a suitable cost-efficient alternative to other types of high polluting coal, peat and wood logs, in terms of heat delivered per cent cost. While there is no detailed information available regarding the number of people who purchase peat, the 2016 census data indicates...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022) See 3 other results from this debate

...Coillte property, but it was very close to an SAC, which has been overplanted, previous to the designation. There is a wide range of issues. On replanting on Coillte's property nationally, 53% is on peat and there is a net loss of carbon when you plant and replant peat. The bogs in the midlands we have mentioned are now being protected and are being rewet and rewilded for biodiversity...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Bord na Móna (7 Apr 2022) See 2 other results from this debate

Lynn Boylan: ...he is here to answer the question because it relates to the mid-Shannon wilderness park, which I am sure he is familiar with. The issue is Bord na Móna promised that once it had finished removing peat, the bog would be handed back to the community. After spending generations harvesting peat, the local community decided it wanted a network of bogs that would be turned into a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Prices (7 Apr 2022)

Leo Varadkar: My understanding of the operation of the PSO levy is that it is there to subsidise renewable energy and energy produced from peat. Given that the price of producing energy is now so high, it is no longer necessary. That is why it will be got rid of or become a negative levy towards the end of the year. I do not know how the timing of that works. I would have to talk to the Minister,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (7 Apr 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...redistribution of carbon tax receipts; one hundred per cent funding of energy efficiency interventions for poorer households; and implementing a Just Transition Plan for the Midlands to address the end of peat harvesting for energy generation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Draft River Basin Management Plan for Ireland 2022-2027: Discussion (7 Apr 2022)

...that but they happen rarely. We need to see that obligation amended. A lot of that forestry might be in very sensitive freshwater pearl mussel catchments. Freshwater pearl mussel require open peatland habitat because they require constant hydrology and any trees in that area, regardless of what kind, will decimate freshwater pearl mussels. In those sort of areas we need a return to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Agriculture Schemes (6 Apr 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Seán Fleming: ...June 2020 following heavy rain on that day and in the preceding days. An area of upland blanket bog, including an area of adjacent forestry plantation, moved downhill as a result of the liquefied peat, vegetation and trees continuing from its source to follow the course of a tributary of the Diffagher River downhill to Lough Allen. Some of the landslide material was held up at an area...

Carbon Budget: Motion (6 Apr 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Verona Murphy: ...poorly thought-out energy policies that have resulted in rising costs, coupled with the consequences of Brexit. These policies include shutting down energy production in Ireland and instead importing peat from eastern Europe, banning gas exploration and instead buying Russian gas abroad, and imposing carbon taxes on fuel and home heating oil and then applying VAT on the tax. These are...

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

Fintan Warfield: ...with the issue and because of their failure to legislate to create a process to deal with it, there are an enormous number of illegal developments in the State. There are illegal quarries, illegal peat harvesting and illegal wind farms, such as the one at Derrybrien. Sinn Féin welcomes this Bill because there continue to be far too many illegal developments. We want to work with the...

Seanad: Carbon Budgets: Motion (5 Apr 2022)

Ossian Smyth: ...swards. Sixth, there will be a reduction in emissions from land use and a move to being an overall store of carbon, which will involve further bog rehabilitation, increased afforestation and the rewetting of peat organic soils. A new forestry programme will be prepared for launch in 2023. This plan places a just transition at its core. It sets out four principles that will guide our...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Turf Cutting (5 Apr 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...are over 16,200 life years lost, while many people also experience a poor quality of life due to the associated short-term and long-term health impacts of this form of pollution. The National Peatlands Strategy acknowled`ges the tradition of burning peat in Ireland, but also recognises that the associated emissions to the air contain a range of pollutants. Research undertaken by the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Horticulture Sector (31 Mar 2022) See 8 other results from this debate

Matt Carthy: ...who was appointed. Is the Minister of State aware that Bord na Móna has entered into a contract with an Israeli company and given it exclusive rights to the 2,000 tonnes of high grade horticultural peat in its remit? Bord na Móna is a State-owned company. It has unilaterally taken that move despite the Minister of State having a working paper that indicates an independent...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Climate Action Plan (31 Mar 2022)

Frank Feighan: ...reduction of between 5 million and 7 million tonnes. The sector will also contribute additionally through reducing land-based emissions, through better managing our soils and, in particular, peat soils.The focus over the next decade will be on a significant cut in chemical nitrogen use, by making better use of organic manures and transitioning to clover and multispecies swards. The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (31 Mar 2022) See 1 other result from this answer

Alan Dillon: 143. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an update will be provided on the research funding announced by his Department in December 2021 for research into peat alternatives; if consideration is being given to harvesting peat domestically for horticultural purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17032/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (31 Mar 2022) See 1 other result from this answer

Brendan Smith: 162. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when measures will be introduced to ensure there is an adequate supply of domestic peat for the mushroom and horticulture sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14870/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (31 Mar 2022) See 1 other result from this answer

Martin Browne: 166. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made in the appointment of an independent expert as referenced in the working paper to address challenges related to peat supply in the horticulture sector; and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in the meantime businesses in the horticultural sector are experiencing difficulties in raising queries with...