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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Jackie Cahill: ...'s meeting as it was very informative and worthwhile. The next public meeting of the committee will take place on Wednesday, 23 March at 5.30 p.m. The committee will be examining horticultural peat supply and the willow scheme. The witnesses will be from Bord na Móna. As there is no further business, the meeting now stands adjourned.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (8 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...that Ireland’s forests will transition from a sink to a source by 2024. This trend is primarily related to the increasing rate of felling in private forests and the extent of historical afforestation on peats. However, as these forests are replanted they will again sequester carbon and the strength of the forest sink will increase as these forests mature. The forest sector,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Horticulture Sector (3 Mar 2022) See 3 other results from this debate

Josepha Madigan: ...Irish jobs, the economy and our food safety and security. I reassure the Deputy the Government is working as a priority to assist the horticultural industry in resolving the issues in respect of peat harvesting and managing the difficult but necessary transition away from the widespread use of peat for horticultural purposes in the coming years. I have taken a note of the Deputy's...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Bord na Móna (3 Mar 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The Enhanced Decommissioning Rehabilitation and Restoration Scheme (EDRRS) approved by the Government in November 2020 encompasses work on approximately 33,000 hectares of Bord na Móna peatlands previously harvested for peat extraction for electricity generation. €108 million National Recovery and Resilience funding for the project has been approved for this large-scale peatlands...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges in the Pig, Poultry and Horticulture Sectors: Irish Farmers Association (2 Mar 2022) See 10 other results from this debate

...there is a bit of ambiguity around the sub-30 ha definition. If the sub-30 ha plot of land was part of a larger-scale bog that had already been exploited for horticulture for the production of peat, it would be beneficial to the sector because one would be using a bog that had already been utilised and the machinery, etc., would be in place. This would be better than starting on a virgin...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Feb 2022)

Leo Varadkar: ...store wind power either in the form of a battery or as hydrogen. Some of the plants in the midlands that the Deputy mentioned will be transformed into battery storage hubs as they move away from peat to battery power. The solution to the problem with wind whereby it cannot be stored or dispatched is hydrogen. When the wind is blowing and we do not have a demand for energy, we can turn...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Horticulture Sector (24 Feb 2022) See 7 other results from this debate

Martin Kenny: ...to go through the EPA process, the planning process and possible judicial reviews, etc. It simply will not work. There is recognition by everyone in the industry, from the people who provide the peat and from the industry in the horticultural sector that requires the peat. This is also particularly the case for the mushroom industry, which is one of the key industries that is suffering...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (24 Feb 2022) See 2 other results from this answer

Claire Kerrane: 123. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an update will be provided on the just transition plans of his Department for communities in which peat-burning stations have been shut down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10265/22]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Feb 2022) See 2 other results from this debate

Mattie McGrath: ...Russian situation, what alternatives are there if anything happens to that supply of Russian gas? How many days worth of oil are stored in this country? Will the Government reconsider the closure of the peat plants in the midlands, and reconsider the liquified natural gas, LNG, plant, for instance, that would provide an alternative to the gas line that is coming in? The Government needs...

Supplementary Budget for Rural Communities and Farmers: Motion [Private Members] (23 Feb 2022)

Mattie McGrath: ...power and clung onto it by supporting the Greens. It is dancing their merry tune since forming the Government. The cost increases out there are shocking. The cost of living is so high. I do not have time to repeat them all but I have them. We all know when we consider mom's purse of a Friday evening. All of us who have children in college or school know of the costs of school...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Feb 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Victor Boyhan: ...responsibility and come to the House. The committee has taken steps to address that, including writing to the Ceann Comhairle. That is another issue but I ask for a renewed debate on the milling of peat in the short term for the horticultural sector.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (23 Feb 2022)

...who are involved from the European perspective. I recall that Deputy Barry Cowen lobbied the previous Commission intensely on this issue. He engaged a great deal with the Commission to ensure peatlands were included. When Shannonbridge and Lanesborough, which is further north, were wound down in terms of electricity generation, that had an immediate impact on people in the sense that...

Seanad: Citizens' Assemblies: Motion (23 Feb 2022)

Timmy Dooley: ...to benefit all of us in the short to medium term with the likes of green technology and jobs in the green sector. We can look to areas with which I am very familiar, which have poor land and peat, and what is happening in the midlands. What is being done around a just transition is not perfect at all but there are people who worked on the bogs and looked like they were losing their jobs...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Quality (23 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...register of all extractive industries within its functional area, including the extraction, treatment and storage of mineral resources, the working of quarries, and the extraction, treatment and storage of peat. Where air quality is found to be impacted in the environs of a quarry, the matter should be reported to the relevant Local Authority and the Environmental...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (23 Feb 2022) See 1 other result from this answer

Brendan Smith: ...ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures that will be implemented to assist the mushroom and horticulture sectors due to the difficulties that have arisen in relation to peat harvesting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10416/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Hemp Sector in Ireland: Discussion (23 Feb 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Paul Daly: ...purpose for which it was processed. Would it be a viable proposition? Is a lot of acreage needed or could a farmer get a return from a small acreage? Will the witnesses elaborate on the drain peat soil, whether it is the ideal soil for hemp or if it can be grown in uplands or other soils? In regard to hemp being a rotational crop, does it have to be rotated or could it be grown in...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (22 Feb 2022)

Catherine Connolly: ...she will make a statement on the matter; (12) Deputy Matt Carthy - to ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made on the implementation of the working paper to address challenges related to peat supply; (13) Deputy Chris Andrews - to ask the Minister for Justice to address the growing public safety concerns in Dublin’s inner city; to outline what...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Production (22 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...that we will continue to decarbonise the electricity sector by taking advantage of our significant renewable energy resources. The Plan also includes a target to complete the phase-out of coal and peat-fired electricity generation in Ireland. In doing this we must ensure a continued secure supply of energy, which is vital for the proper functioning of society and the economy. The...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (22 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...of working groups established under the Just Transition programme which looked at the future of the Midlands area following the closure of the ESB Midlands stations and the ending of the harvesting of peat by Bord na Móna.  One of these groups, which included the Just Transition Commissioner and Offaly and Longford County Councils,  looked specifically at how the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Funding (22 Feb 2022) See 1 other result from this answer

Eamon Ryan: The 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, my Department has finalised grant agreements with 55 National Just Transition Fund projects. The total value of...