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Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Peat Products Import Data (17 Feb 2021)

Jack Chambers: I propose to take Questions Nos. 2 and 3 together. The data requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below. There are no data available yet for 2021. Table A: Exports of Peat and Peat Products 2018-2020 Year Peat Peat Peat Products Peat Products Exports Exports Exports Exports ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Data (18 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The amount of peat and peat products that have been exported to Japan since 2011 is outlined in the table below. The figures below are provided by the Central Statistics Office (CSO). These figures refer to combined nomenclature (CN) code 27030000 - Peat, including peat litter, whether or not agglomerated. This description includes all types of peat and does not differentiate between peat...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (17 Jan 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: There are no records detailing the amount of foreign peat-based products that have been sold in Ireland in each of the last five years. The only data that is available is from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) on imported peat and peat products. Import figures from the CSO refer to - Peat, including peat litter, whether or not agglomerated. This description includes all types of peat...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Turf Cutting (9 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine has no responsibility for and does not monitor peat production in Ireland. The quantity of peat exported from Ireland from 2016 to 2023 is outlined below in the table via figures from the CSO. Year Tonnes of Peat Exported 2016 1,012,634 2017 836,946 2018 ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (9 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I have provided a table of import figures which are provided by the Central Statistics Office and refer to - Peat, including peat litter, whether or not agglomerated (CN code 27030000). This description includes all types of peat and does not differentiate between peat used for horticulture or that used for heating. This description also includes briquettes. Peat agglomerates also includes...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Carbon Tax Implementation (26 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Section 77 of the Finance Act 2010 provides that for the purposes of the solid fuel carbon tax, ‘solid fuel’ means coal or peat. Specific rates of solid fuel carbon tax apply to coal, peat briquettes, milled peat and other peat of €52.67, €36.67, €17.99 and €27.25 per tonne respectively. Section 77 also provides that: - ‘milled peat’...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sequestration and Land Management-Nature Restoration: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

..., there were no ideas as to how to manage it. However, it was managed, in less than ten years. I see enormous progress with respect to the development of innovative land use on crops on rewetted peatlands. That is indeed possible. On whether it is possible to regrow a peatland, I have come from a peatland where peat extraction was taking place. As a young man, I studied the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electricity Generation (30 Apr 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: The Public Service Obligation (PSO) levy has been in place since 2001 and is the overall support mechanism for peat generation, for certain conventional generation constructed for security of supply purposes and for the development of renewable electricity. The levy is designed to compensate electricity suppliers for the additional costs they incur by purchasing electricity generated by...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Data (9 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The quantity of peat imported into Ireland from 2016 to 2023 broken down by country is outlined in the table below. The figures are provided by the CSO. Imports - 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 (Jan & Feb) Country Tonnes Tonnes Tonnes Tonnes ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Peat Briquette Production: Bord na Móna (27 May 2015)

Mr. Mike Quinn: Yes, the Deputy is correct. Government policy in the UK in the past three to four years has been to move to a peat-free product by 2020. That has been unsuccessful. Now the policy is for a voluntary exit from the use of peat. None of our main customers has exited from peat and there is no drive from government policy to do that. In fact, some of the peat-free products to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Horticulture Sector (25 Oct 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Senator Pippa Hackett): I would like to assure the Deputy that we are fully aware of the issues in respect of horticultural peat and the difficulty it is causing the sector. It is worth saying that currently there is no indication that supplies for the domestic horticulture sector will run out for either amenity...

Written Answers — Public Service Obligation Levy: Public Service Obligation Levy (5 Jul 2012)

Pat Rabbitte: I propose to take Questions Nos. 97 and 99 together. The Public Service Obligation (PSO) levy has been in place since 2001 and is a support mechanism for peat generation, some conventional generation and the development of renewable electricity. The levy is designed to compensate electricity suppliers for the additional costs they incur by purchasing electricity generated by the three peat...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticultural Peat Supply and Willow Scheme: Bord na Móna (23 Mar 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Mr. Ger Breen: Bord na Móna traditionally harvested peat during the summer months, between May and September, because we needed the wind and the sun to dry the peat and reduce the moisture content. We would traditionally have stockpiled peat on the peatlands. The position on horticultural peat was slightly different in that what we harvested in a particular year was normally sold...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (29 Mar 2022) See 1 other result from this answer

Charlie McConalogue: The Central Statistics Office collect data on peat imports and exports. The data captured is not so granular as to differentiate peat types i.e. peat for fuel or horticultural peat. The table below details peat imports by year from 2016 to 2021. Import figures for the period 2022 to date are not available yet. Year Tonnes* 2016 19,924 ...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Public Service Obligation Levy Payments (16 Jul 2013) See 1 other result from this answer

Pat Rabbitte: The Public Service Obligation (PSO) levy has been in place since 2001 and is the overall support mechanism for peat generation, for certain conventional generation constructed for security of supply purposes, and for the development of renewable electricity. The levy is designed to compensate electricity suppliers for the additional costs they incur by purchasing electricity generated by...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (15 Nov 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department is providing a number of supports in terms of identifying alternative sources of peat for the horticulture sector. My Department commissioned Mr Seamus Boland of Irish Rural Link to assess levels and suitability of current stocks of peat across all suppliers for the Irish horticultural sector. This work entitled ‘Final Report on the assessment of the Levels and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Mr. James Spillane: I will round off some of the points. To answer the Deputy's question, it is likely that Ireland will become a net importer of peat. If we have not already reached that point, we certainly will in the very near future. This is to support the mushroom industry, specialist growers and growers that cannot at this point grow without some peat. It is something of an...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Horticulture Sector (15 Jun 2022)

Pippa Hackett: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. As he will be aware, extraction of peat for the Irish professional horticultural industry in recent years has been challenging from a legal and regulatory perspective. A series of High Court judgments, beginning in the early 2010s, that dealt with peat extraction and lack of compliance across the extraction sector has generated supply challenges...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (31 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...to announce the award of over €1.4 million from my Department, along with €238,000 from the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Northern Ireland, to the project ‘Beyond Peat’ in December 2021. This project aims to utilise organic bio-resources and novel technologies to develop specifically designed and sustainable peat replacements for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (30 Jun 2020)

Barry Cowen: The extent of any commercial impact on the horticulture sector arising from a decision by Bord na Mona to suspend all peat harvesting will depend initially on the level of domestic stocks of horticultural peat on hand, alternative suppliers of peat and the development of alternative growing mediums. The amenity, soft fruit and mushrooms sectors are the most reliant on milled...