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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Semi-State Bodies Mergers (18 Oct 2012)

Pat Rabbitte: This year’s poor peat harvest has created significant financial challenges for Bord na Móna and emphasises the importance of the company’s ongoing diversification and growth strategy away from its core peat business. The management of Bord na Móna is taking decisive steps to ensure a sustainable future for the company and to secure long-term employment by way of its...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Semi-State Bodies Mergers (18 Oct 2012)

Pat Rabbitte: This year’s poor peat harvest has created significant financial challenges for Bord na Móna and emphasises the importance of the company’s ongoing diversification and growth strategy away from its core peat business. The management of Bord na Móna is taking decisive steps to ensure a sustainable future for the company and to secure long-term employment by way of its...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Horticulture Sector (11 Mar 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I have established a working group under an independent chairman, Dr. Munoo Prasad, to examine the issues which had been identified during the Review of the use of Peat Moss in the Horticultural Industry. It is comprised of representatives of the relevant Government Departments, State Bodies, Environmental Non-Governmental Organisations and of various sectors within the horticultural...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Alternative Energy Projects (24 Jun 2015)

Alex White: Electricity from biomass, including co-firing with peat, is already supported through the Renewable Energy Feed-in Tariff (REFIT) schemes. Furthermore, the Draft Bioenergy Plan, published in October last year and which is available on my Department’s website, recommended the continuation of REFIT 3 and that the scheme would be kept under review to ensure the most cost effective way to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Bord na Móna (6 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: 837. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the source and amount of biomass that Bord na Móna will import to co-fire the affected power stations that use peat production; the plans Bord na Móna has to source biomass in the period ahead to replace its ceased peat production; and the studies carried out on the projected CO2 emissions of this sourced...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Public Service Obligation Levy Yield (20 Jul 2016)

Denis Naughten: ...designed to facilitate the achievement of national electricity policy objectives for renewables, indigenous fuels and security of supply. It also supports employment in the renewables industry and in the peat industry. The proceeds of the PSO levy are used to contribute to the additional relevant costs incurred by PSO-supported electricity generators which are not recovered in the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Horticulture Sector (10 Mar 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The Working Group referred to by the Deputy, was established following a series of High Court decisions which determined that large-scale peat harvesting requires planning permission and licensing by the Environmental Protection Agency. The Working Group was tasked in particular with examining the potential of alternatives to peat for the horticultural industry. Following on from the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (1 Feb 2022)

Ossian Smyth: ...was commissioned by my Department and the National Parks and Wildlife Service and relates to the regulatory framework (primarily that aspect which relates to the planning system) which applies to peat extraction at the time of publication. The guidance was published on 17 January 2022 and is available here www.gov.ie/en/publication/d7651-the-regulatory-framework-app...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Nov 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

Matt Carthy: I raise the same issue. The scenes of thousands of tonnes of peat being unloaded at Irish docks having travelled the entire way from Latvia rightly caused consternation. This is the result of what is essentially a ban on the harvesting of peat in this country. That ban, if it is not addressed, could cost thousands of jobs in the horticultural and mushroom industries. The Minister of State...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Report on Response to 2014 Country Specific Recommendations for Ireland: Better Europe Alliance (4 Nov 2014)

Mr. Michael Ewing: Burning peat is an example. I refer to the burning of peat in power stations, in particular. It is an extremely inefficient way of producing heat. If we were to flood our peatlands rather than burn them, we would actually reduce our national carbon emissions by approximately 20%. That is an obvious example of how one actually resolves the issue to some degree in...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: ..., but it is very specific because it does not refer to all draft directions. It is a very specific set of draft directions that only have regard to unauthorised quarry development or unauthorised peat extraction. If it is a standard provision why does it not apply to everything? The Bill is very specifically just putting this provision in with regard to unauthorised quarry development...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (25 May 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: ...Biomass Content Biomass Relief Coal ≥ 30% to < 50% 30% of tax chargeable ≥ 50% 50% of tax chargeable Peat Briquettes ≥ 30% to < 50% 30% of tax chargeable ≥ 50% 50% of tax chargeable The total annual volume and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (9 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...Fund, the Government is 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 harvesting by Bord na Móna. The national Just Transition Fund will continue to support projects across the wider Midlands region, (including east...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (14 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: In relation to peat extraction, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine 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. Following the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (15 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: In relation to peat extraction, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine 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. Following the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (15 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: In relation to peat extraction, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine 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. Following the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Heads of Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2013) See 3 other results from this debate

Ms Anja Murray: It depends on the state of the peat bog, specifically the level of degradation. In the case of a cutover bog, for example, where there is very little peat layer remaining, one would seek to cap emissions. If a bog is capable of proper restoration to an active bog, the greenhouses gases can be stored as the bog starts to grow. My colleague, Ms Caoimhe Muldoon, might expand...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (25 Apr 2018) See 1 other result from this answer

Denis Naughten: Public policy supports for peat-fired electricity generation promote energy security of supply, one of the three primary pillars of Irish energy policy.  The overarching objective of the 2015 Energy White Paper and of the 2017 National Mitigation Plan is to transition to a low carbon energy system which provides secure supplies of affordable energy to consumers. This involves...

Climate Action: Statements (17 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: ...measures which did little for environmental protection but hammered local communities. Have any lessons been learned? One area where that question will be answered relates to horticultural peat harvesting. This activity is crucial to the mushroom industry, a particularly vital sector to my home county, Monaghan. Despite what the Minister's advisers may tell him, people at the...