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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Policies (11 May 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ... approved by Government and adopted by the European Commission in December 2022. The Programme aims to address the long-term economic transition of the Midlands, following the end of commercial peat extraction and peat-fired power generation, incorporating €84.5 million of funding from the EU Just Transition Fund for the period 2021 to 2027. When national co-financing is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Nature Restoration Target and General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Oct 2022)

Mr. John Enright: To come back to Deputy Fitzmaurice, I certainly agree with him that this is a grab you by the neck effort. There is no doubt about that. On the first comment on peat soils, people have this impression that peat soils are non-productive. We have members milking cows, finishing cattle and sheep and growing tillage crops on peat soils. People do not realise that. They are...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Jan 2022)

Carol Nolan: Will the Taoiseach ask the Minister to reconvene the working group on horticultural peat? The sector is in deep crisis at present. We must ensure the group has a chance to come together again. The Minister also needs to explain the reasons why the main recommendations the working group made were ignored. One of the recommendations was the phasing out of peat up to 2030. It has been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Implications of Climate Action Plan for Agricultural Sector: Teagasc (14 Apr 2021)

Dr. Frank O'Mara: There is not much more to say on that. It is the only option at the moment for most horticultural producers. The volume of peat that was being used for domestic horticultural production accounted for a small proportion of the overall volume of peat that was being extracted. To the best of my knowledge, it was in the low single figures as a percentage of the total. It had...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Horticulture Sector (27 Jul 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...of the horticulture and mushroom sector on Friday, 23 July. This meeting mainly focused on the serious difficulties facing professional growers due to lack of supply of horticultural grade peat, and the need for any proposed solutions to be fully compliant with the requirements of the EU Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Directive. I would like to thank the attendees...

Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Carbon Revenue Levy) Bill 2010: Report and Final Stages (22 Jun 2010) See 6 other results from this debate

Eamon Ryan: ...sure that the carbon windfall which accrues to them is recovered. As I said, that is likely to be a small percentage of their output but one we did not want to omit. I will give details on the peat one because while in our initial discussions on this Bill I was of a like mind that we should apply it to all generators, even in the peat plants where there is a PSO in place, I asked my...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fuel Sales (16 Sep 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...these standards will improve the quality of the air that we breathe, and the health of the public that we serve. From September 2022, coal, coal-based products, any manufactured solid fuel or peat productswill be required to have a smoke emission rate of less than 10g/hour, reducing to 5g/hr by 2025. In order for such fuels, including peat briquettes imported or otherwise, to be placed on...

Topical Issue Debate: Bord na Móna (22 Mar 2018) See 1 other result from this debate

Denis Naughten: ..., I hated every day I spent on the bog. Bord na Móna employs approximately 450 people in County Kildare. The company has a long association with the county, which historically centred on peat harvesting operations across bogs in the north and west of the county. Bord na Móna's 450 County Kildare based employees are located at a number of centres, including the company's...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (10 Dec 2020) See 1 other result from this answer

Jackie Cahill: 205. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans for businesses that harvest peat moss for horticultural use; if businesses will be permitted to harvest in summer 2021 given that alternative methods for this production are not currently in place; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that if harvesting is not permitted in 2021 horticultural peat moss...

Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (23 Nov 2004) See 1 other result from this answer

Noel Dempsey: ...Development Acts, Bord na Móna plc is charged with the management, development and working of the bogs and other lands vested in the company. Bord na Móna plc owns approximately 7% of the total peatland in Ireland. The estimated reserves of peat for energy in the ownership of the company is calculated at 45 million tonnes. Neither my Department nor Bord na Móna plc is in a position to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Mar 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: We are getting a full assessment at the moment of exactly what our land profile is, where the peat-based soils are and particularly where the drained peat-based soils are because we do not have a very accurate overview of that currently. That is going to be important as regards clarifying what the Cathaoirleach is looking for. In the meantime we have other work under way, whether it be...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Local Improvement Scheme Data (11 Dec 2018)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: ...Council is wasting no time in spending the funding allocation. Will he consider developing a specific scheme that will take into account the fact that much of the road network in Offaly is on peat, including many of private roads? With the advent of climate change and given the peat roads last for only five years, rather than the 20 years one might expect, will he consider a specific...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (10 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: 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 Just Transition Fund will continue to support projects across the wider Midlands region, (including east Galway,...

Written Answers — Animal Feedstuffs: Animal Feedstuffs (22 Nov 2007)

Mary Coughlan: ...am aware of proposals to use MBM in the production of fertilizer and also in the generation of electricity. There is a growing interest in using biomass including MBM as a carbon neutral co-fuel in peat-burning electricity plants. Promoting the increased use of MBM in peat stations would deliver financial benefits for the industries involved, reduce disposal costs and represent a...

Early Exit from Peat for Electricity Generation: Statements (6 Nov 2019) See 5 other results from this debate

Mattie McGrath: ...speak on this important matter. There will be many people in the midlands and, indeed, beyond who will look on the Government's plans around a so-called just transition away from solid fuels like peat with a fair degree of concern if not downright alarm. I hope that whatever the plans for an early exit from peat for electricity generation that they will benefit the ordinary people on the...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Apr 2019)

Seán Kyne: ...licensing by the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA. In that regard the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment has made supplementary regulations to provide that large-scale peat extraction, which involves an area of 30 ha or more, will be an activity controlled by licensing by the EPA. The regulations came into force on 25 January 2019. The Department of Housing,...

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

Carol Nolan: ...Environment and the appalling delays in issuing planning judgments by An Bord Pleanála have contributed to bringing about chronic levels of uncertainty for many workers and contractors involved in peat harvesting. These workers are not just in Bord na Móna and the ESB; they are also in parts of the horticultural sector. The just transition commissioner, Mr. Kieran Mulvey, notes...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Change Advisory Council Annual Review 2019: Discussion (16 Oct 2019) See 1 other result from this debate

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I thank Professor FitzGerald for his presentation. Speaking as someone from Offaly in the midlands, where a third of our county is peat soil and has been used for harvesting turf for electricity generation for decades, the future of the peatlands is at the forefront of my mind. A certain amount of the boglands is being rehabilitated and restored by the National Parks and Wildlife Service....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Alternative Energy Projects (25 Jan 2017) See 1 other result from this answer

Bobby Aylward: 257. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the use of biomass at Ireland's peat burning power stations, Edenderry, Loughree, and west Offaly; the percentage of biomass used in co-firing at the three peat power stations; the tonnage and percentage of biomass supplied from Bord na Móna willow plantations, Coillte Teoranta and a company (details...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Joint Committee on Rural and Community Development
Common Agricultural Policy: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)

...need to be implemented on the ground and as they are implemented, we will see an improvement, along with forestry, as was mentioned earlier. There is also potential for carbon sequestration on peat soils. Certain peat soils, comprising approximately 40,000 ha where there are high organic matter levels, will store carbon.