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Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (8 Nov 2005)

Dick Roche: I assume that the question refers to the Planning and Development Regulations 2005 which I made on 14 July 2005 following debate in both Houses. The regulations generally exempt peat extraction below a threshold of 10 hectares from the requirement for planning permission. However, there are exceptions where the peat extraction would have significant effects on the environment. In those...

Topical Issue Debate: Road Improvement Schemes (14 Nov 2017) See 1 other result from this debate

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: ...project in light of his recent visit to the area. I remind him, in the context of the specific improvement grants he mentioned in his response, that many roads in west and east Offaly are built on peat foundations. According to the guidelines on the rehabilitation of roads over peat, such roads require works to be carried out on them four to five times more often than roads that are not...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Bord na Móna (14 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: Bord na Móna announced, on 16 June, their intention to suspend peat harvesting activities for 2020 while its substitute consent application is under consideration by an Bord Pleanála, and to put in place an enhanced peatlands rehabilitation scheme as a key component of Bord na Móna’s move away from peat. The Government is committed to supporting Bord na Móna to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (27 Jan 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department has no involvement in the regulation of Peat extraction, as this is a planning process under the remit of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and an Integrated Pollution Control (IPC) license process, under the remit of the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment. On 7th September 2020, my colleague Malcolm Noonan T.D., Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Generation (24 Nov 2020)

Peter Burke: I am aware of the recent peat slide at Meenbog wind farm, Barnesmore Gap, south of Ballybofey, Co Donegal which is currently under construction. The matter is being actively investigated by a number of statutory agencies led by Donegal County Council and also involving the EPA, Irish Water, the Loughs Agency, the National Parks and Wildlife Service, as well as Derry City and Strabane District...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Horticulture Sector (15 Jul 2021)

Martin Heydon: I thank the Deputy for raising this very important issue. The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has no involvement in the regulation of peat extraction. As the Deputy outlined, this issue crosses several Departments. My Department does not have an involvement in the regulation of peat extraction. This is a planning process under the remit of the Department of Housing, Local...

Topical Issue Debate: Bord na Móna (23 Mar 2017) See 1 other result from this debate

Barry Cowen: I raise this issue on foot of an ongoing review of the peat briquette production end of Bord na Móna's business. The review is clearly the result of a decline in sales of peat briquettes, although production continues by virtue of the need to stockpile. The review is centred on the operations in Littleton and Derrinlough. Many Deputies are well aware of the history of Bord na...

Written Answers — Electricity Generation: Electricity Generation (23 May 2012) See 1 other result from this answer

Pat Rabbitte: The Public Obligation Service (PSO) levy has been in place since 2001 and is the support mechanism for peat 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 stations, from renewable energy sources and from the gas fuelled plant...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Heads of Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2013)

Mr. Duncan Stewart: We lose nearly 10 million tonnes from our bogs every year. This will continue as long as our bogs remain drained. We are burning peat all over the country. This does not just cause biodiversity damage, but peat is more carbon intensive than coal - it has the highest level of carbon in fuels – and we are burning it in power plants at 30% efficiency. This means...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (18 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The recent High Court judgment set aside the European Union (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Peat Extraction) Regulations 2019 made by the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment and the supplementary Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) Regulations 2019 made by me. These Regulations, in combination, introduced a streamlined system for the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017)

...Citizens' Assembly and its recommendations last week. Many of the recommendations that came out of the Citizens' Assembly we are either doing or planning to do. One of the issues it raised was peat, for example. The support for peat in Edenderry was phased out in 2016 and the support for peat in west Offaly and Loughrea will be phased out in 2019. Regarding investment in electric and...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (21 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: As stated in the reply to Question No. 245 of 2 March 2006, peat extraction below ten hectares in area is exempt development except where it could have significant effects on the environment. The threshold has been set at a level that ensures that the vast majority of sub-threshold peat extractions will not have a significant effect on the environment. However, the planning code recognises...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Feb 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

Matt Carthy: ...Government is asleep at the wheel on this issue that could lead to devastating loss of employment and investment in many rural communities. For example, the Government position on horticultural peat could close down the mushroom industry, which is critically important in my county of Monaghan as well as in other counties. The Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications,...

Written Answers — Environmental Legislation: Environmental Legislation (17 Feb 2010)

Eamon Ryan: ...licensed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the EPA Act 1992. Bord na Móna holds nine Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) Licences from the EPA for the purposes of peat extraction under Section 83(1) of the EPA Act 1992. These licences cover all of Bord na Móna's peat extraction operations and contain 14 conditions relating to operation and monitoring,...

Written Answers — EU Legislation: EU Legislation (25 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: ...by the Court made on 21 September 1999 against Ireland. That judgment centred on the environmental impact assessment, EIA, directive, as amended, in relation to the exemption thresholds set for peat extraction. My Department has since been working, in consultation with European Commission officials, on a series of measures to address the findings of the court and the final measures have...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (13 Jan 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: In relation to peat extraction, my Department has no involvement in its regulation. This is a planning process under the remit of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and an Integrated Pollution Control (IPC) license process, under the remit of the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment. On 7th September 2020, my colleague Malcolm Noonan...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (14 Oct 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Charlie McConalogue: ...of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, established a working group, which includes a representative from my Department, to address the key issues raised in a Report on the Review of the use of Peat Moss in the Horticultural Industry. A final report from this working group is expected at the end of October. I am well aware of the issues in relation to the licensing of peat abstraction...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Dec 2020)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...in ancillary industries. These are the people who grow our strawberries, mushrooms and nursery plants which are sold on a wholesale basis and supplied to others in the industry. Only 0.4% of total Irish peatlands are used for horticulture peat harvesting. Since June, peatland owners must apply for planning permission and a licence that will take four to six years. Current peat supplies...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (2 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: ...Calls that cover a broad range of agriculture, food and forest related research activities. Our current call, which closed earlier this year, contains a specific topic entitled: ‘Find alternatives to peat based growing media for horticultural production which are available, affordable and sustainable and meet quality, environmental and productivity requirements'. Proposals needed...

Seanad: Climate and Agriculture: Statements (25 Jan 2022)

Malcolm Byrne: The Minister knows that peat has been an ongoing hot topic. I would argue that our horticulture sector is perhaps one of the greenest sectors in agriculture. Those in involved in horticulture and mushroom growing want to ensure that everything they do is done in a green and environmentally sustainable way. They want to make sure that their produce is green and branded as such. Now that we...