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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Electricity Generation (3 Apr 2019)

Jim Daly: ...further information next week. I know Deputy Cowen has already raised some of these issues with the Minister. As set out in the national development plan, the Government intends that, by 2030, peat and coal will no longer have a role in electricity generation in Ireland. This is in line with Ireland’s commitments under the Paris Agreement and the national policy position which...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (10 Jun 2020)

Richard Bruton: On the first issue, the Deputy is correct in that peat harvesting has got into a difficult planning process. The right to harvest was challenged in the courts. It was found that to resolve those issues a substitute planning would have to be lodged by Bord na Móna. Permission has been granted by An Bord Pleanála to lodge that application and it has been lodged by Bord na...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Reduction of Carbon Emissions of 51% by 2030: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

Christopher O'Sullivan: ...separate session. I will launch straight into my questions. I have specific questions for each witness, and I will start with Dr. Farrell. Her opening statement was quite strong. She said that peat and bog restoration could be the number one tool in the battle against climate change. I wish to delve into that a little further. Regarding timelines for rewetting bogs, what length of...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (22 Feb 2007) See 1 other result from this answer

Dick Roche: The Planning and Development Regulations 2005, 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 these limited cases, planning permission must be applied for, accompanied by an environmental impact statement. If a person...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: EU Regulations (7 Dec 2017) See 1 other result from this answer

Peter Burke: 262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeframe for the enactment of the European Union (Licensing of Large-Scale Extraction of Peat) Regulations 2016; his views on a legal case (details supplied), the outcome of which could cause negative implications on peat producers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52435/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Carbon Tax Yield (28 Apr 2015) See 1 other result from this answer

Michael Noonan: ...content of all fossil fuels. The Revenue Commissioners, who have responsibility for the collection of solid fuel carbon tax, advise me that, since its introduction on 1 May 2013, tax receipts for peat-related fuel products for the period of May to December 2013 and the period of January to December 2014, amounted to €1,479,678 and €4,291,892, respectively. Tax receipts...

Energy Prices: Motion [Private Members] (6 Oct 2021)

Johnny Guirke: ...planning permission and another is going through the planning process. These data centres will use the same amount of energy annually as almost 1 million homes. Ireland has started to import peat from other European countries to meet demand here while stopping people cutting turf for domestic use. A couple of weeks ago, a ship carrying 400,000 tonnes of peat from Latvia in eastern...

Written Answers — Turbary Rights: Turbary Rights (5 Apr 2006)

Dick Roche: As stated in reply to Question No. 532 of 28 March 2006, peat extraction below ten hectares in area is exempted 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. If a person proposing to carry out peat...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Turbary Rights (15 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...legislation all development requires planning permission unless specifically exempted. Class 17 of Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended, provides that peat extraction in a new or extended area of less than 10 hectares, or peat extraction in a new or extended area of 10 hectares or more, where the drainage of the bogland commenced prior to the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Prices (28 Apr 2015) See 1 other result from this answer

Alex White: ...to all consumers. The Public Service Obligation (PSO) levy has been in place since 2001 and is the overall support mechanism for generation designed for security of supply purposes, including peat generation, and for the development of renewable electricity. It is designed to compensate electricity suppliers for the additional costs they incur by purchasing electricity generated by these...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition (Worker and Community Environmental Rights) Bill 2018: Discussion (26 Nov 2019) See 1 other result from this debate

Mr. Michael Goodwin: It is envisaged that peat would cease to be used in the midlands power stations by 2030 at the latest. That was brought forward by decisions made subsequent to that. The expectation was that there would be a transition out of peat and that biomass might be used in the plants through that period but the decision made by the-----

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (8 Sep 2020)

Darragh O'Brien: ...refers to the interim recommendation made in the first progress report of the Just Transition Commissioner, published 22 May 2020, in respect of planning and licensing regulation as apply to peat extraction, in particular the need to consider a fast-track ‘one-stop-shop’ arrangement for planning, licensing and regulatory compliance and the development of greater cohesion and...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Martin Heydon: As the Senator outlined, the amendment seeks to exclude the planting of native trees on peat soils. I recognise that climate change and other legacy issues have been created by the afforestation of peat soils in the past. However, we have examples of woodlands, such as birch, naturally occurring on peat soils. The types of soil to be afforested will be given full consideration during the...

Written Answers — National Parks: National Parks (9 Oct 2007)

Eamon Ryan: I have received a proposal from the North Midlands Peat lands Park Committee. The lands in question are vested in Bord na Móna plc under the Turf Development Act 1946. I am advised that the lands in question are still being fully utilised by Bord na Móna for the harvesting of milled peat and will be for the foreseeable future.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)

Mr. Robert Watt: The PSO is levied on consumers to pay for the higher costs of electricity related to peat extraction because it is inefficient compared to other forms of energy generation. I believe that would require the European Commission to consider how that would operate in the future in the absence of peat extraction. It is a charge that is currently charged on household bills and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Horticulture Sector (4 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 195. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address the crisis facing the Irish horticulture sector owing to the effective ban on indigenous peat harvesting; if he will seek the immediate publication of the report of the working group on the use of Peat Moss in the Horticultural Industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53792/21]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Network (9 Feb 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...length of the road network within a local authority's area of responsibility, with some account taken of traffic. As the Deputy says, the matter of the construction and improvement of road on peatlands has always been a very challenging task in geotechnical engineering. Rampart roads, which are generally narrow raised roads without verges, can be constructed over peat, but particular...

Other Questions: Semi-State Companies (29 Nov 2012)

Pat Rabbitte: ...supportive of the company, which provides valuable employment in the midlands and is an important producer of energy and other services. The challenges include environmental constraints on the use of peat in power generation and horticultural products and the expiry of the public service obligation for peat-fired power generation in the coming years. These will contribute to the already...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance Issues (4 Mar 2014) See 1 other result from this answer

Leo Varadkar: ...in the coming weeks.   The remedial works for County Offaly are similar to those required throughout the country following the severe weather over the winter and are not unique to roads which overlie peat subgrades. Roads over peat have their own set of very particular problems in that they are susceptible to differential settlement and there are no easy or inexpensive ways of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Dec 2019)

Barry Cowen: ...Government introduce new legislation to counteract the High Court’s suppression of statutory instruments introduced earlier this year which had sought to allow the horticultural sector to harvest peat on foot of Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, licences? If such legislation is not brought forward, there will be no harvesting come March and 4,000 more jobs associated with the...