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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: 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.

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009) See 5 other results from this debate

Simon Coveney: -----would be brought South of the Border as a result of the imposition of a carbon tax. We now have a very uncertain situation for the peat and coal industries in Ireland because they do not know when a carbon tax will be imposed and will not have an opportunity to prepare for it. According to the budget, a carbon tax on coal and peat will be introduced at some stage in the future subject...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Trade Data (19 Jan 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: ...590,255 271,593 Solid Fuels Imported Coal kilotonnes 439  455  Not Yet Available Solid Fuels Imported Peat* kilotonnes 0 0 Not Yet Available *Peat imports for energy use.

Written Answers — Natural Heritage Areas: Natural Heritage Areas (17 Feb 2010)

Conor Lenihan: I understand that during the development work associated with the construction of a wind farm a major peat slide occurred in September 2008, which inundated the Owengar River with peat. This impacted the river down to its confluence with and into Lough Allen. I am advised by the Shannon Regional Fisheries Board that damage to the entire habitat was caused, however, I am informed that no...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: EU Funding (18 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 84 and 109 together. The EU Just Transition Fund aims to address the long-term economic transition of the Midlands, following the end of commercial peat extraction and peat-fired power generation. Following approval by the Government on 29 November 2022, the European Commission adopted Ireland’s first Territorial Just Transition Plan and...

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2011)

Anthony Lawlor: ...via renewable energy, including wind energy, miscanthus and other organic products. However, it is also used to subsidise what is probably the most inefficient source of energy in Ireland, namely, peat. There are a number of peat power stations. Approximately 50% of the PSO levy goes towards paying for power generation through the use of peat. We all know the problems associated with...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2018) See 2 other results from this debate

Eamon Ryan: ...turning Dublin city into Copenhagen and the Government's plan does not do it. It is the old model of more roads with 63 big motorways and more sprawl. The Taoiseach said that we are taking the peat out of Ireland by 2030 but that is not good enough because there will be no peat left by 2030. The Taoiseach should listen to all the advice that has been offered to the Joint Committee on...

Written Answers — Turbary Rights: Turbary Rights (4 Nov 2010) See 1 other result from this answer

John Gormley: ...planning authorities or national authorities, Directive 85/337/EEC as amended provides for environmental impact assessment (EIA) where there is likely to be a significant effect on the environment. Peat extraction is listed in Annex 2 of the Directive, making it a matter for Member States to determine the thresholds or criteria beyond which EIA is required before consent is necessary or...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (30 May 2017) See 1 other result from this answer

Simon Coveney: ...to Question No. 145 of 18 May 2017, draft Regulations under the European Communities Act 1972 are currently being progressed relating to the establishment of a new consent system for large-scale peat extraction. These draft Regulations have been the subject of detailed and focused stakeholder input from relevant Government Departments, State bodies, industry representatives and...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Environment Fund (1 Mar 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

Micheál Carrigy: It is important to acknowledge the huge impact the closure of the power stations in Lanesboro and Shannonbridge, and the end of peat production, has had on communities and families which have worked in them for more than 50 years. The jobs at Mountdillon and Lough Ree power plant provided the communities of Keenagh, Killashee, Newtowncashel, Lanesboro and beyond will be difficult to replace....

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Sep 2019)

Fintan Warfield: ...sequestration of the State and that we have tangible data on its loss. For too long, the State has formed policy without regard to the cumulative impact on our environment. The carbon storage of peatlands in this regard is not something we should easily trade off, in particular where the cutting is at a faster scale than regeneration. This will not affect those who cultivate their plots...

Written Answers — Farm Waste Management: Farm Waste Management (20 Mar 2007) See 1 other result from this answer

Mary Coughlan: ...€m 1999 149 — 2000 137 — 2001 166 — 2002 108 8.8 2003 138 17.7 2004 139 12.3 2005 143 11.7 2006 152 5.2 There is a growing interest in using biomass including MBM as a 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 significant...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2018)

Grace O'Sullivan: ...type schemes are being developed? This approach is best practice in Nijmegen in the Netherlands, which is a place I am very familiar with. What examination has the OPW made of the contribution of peat land drainage to flooding risks? What peat land re-wetting is included in the OPW's flood relief plans?

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Bord na Móna (30 Jun 2020) See 1 other result from this answer

Eamon Ryan: Bord na Móna announced, on 16 June, its intention to suspend peat harvesting activities for 2020 while its substitute consent application is under consideration by an Bord Pleanala 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 deliver an...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2018)

Leo Varadkar: ...in to set up State-owned enterprise where the private sector dared not to go. Bord na Móna was originally established with a mandate to develop the midlands region using its natural resources, especially peat which was to be harvested for fuel to produce electricity and create jobs and economic development in the region, as it is has done successfully for decades. Things have...

Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (2 Mar 2010)

Eamon Ryan: ...the mid-1990s import dependency has grown significantly due to the overall increase in energy use together with the decline in indigenous natural gas production at Kinsale since 1995 and decreasing peat production. Over the period 1990 to 2008, production of indigenous gas decreased by 81%, peat by 54% while the use renewable energy in contrast increased by 221%.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Turf Cutting (7 Mar 2017) See 1 other result from this answer

Simon Coveney: My Department is currently progressing draft Regulations under the European Communities Act 1972 that will establish a new regulatory regime in respect of large-scale peat extraction. Under the new regime, the Environmental Protection Agency will be required to carry out an environmental impact assessment as part of its examination of licence applications for existing and new peat extraction...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Planning Issues (18 May 2017)

Denis Naughten: Large scale peat extraction in Ireland is currently carried out under the Planning Acts, which are the primary responsibility of the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government. It is proposed that large scale peat extraction will move from the planning regime to become an activity that is licensed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which is an independent...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition (14 Dec 2022)

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. A Just Transition Commissioner was appointed by the Government in November 2019 with the mandate to engage with those affected...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (24 Apr 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...well established power sources worldwide. We are past the research stage; we need to use them. We need to be very specific about what energy sources will replace fossil fuels. The phasing out of peat is an aspiration, but there is no plan about what will replace it. If it is biomass, we need to plan to promote the indigenous growing of biomass to become an industry in the midlands to...