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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: No, I am just trying to get a sense of that. I see the report scope, as mentioned in the presentation, was: To independently undertake an assessment on the levels and sustainability of current peat stocks across all peat suppliers in Ireland. This assessment is to include available peat stocks, their level of suitability for different horticultural uses, to determine whether or not hobby...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Jul 2021) See 3 other results from this debate

Ms Anna Kavanagh: I agree with Mr. Dunne. Even the bog he mentioned would not be used for horticulture. I am pretty confident that Bord na Móna has finished the supply of horticultural peat. Deputy Fitzmaurice asked about research and development and whether it would take five to ten years or whatever else. It is difficult to answer that question. Going on my experience in the UK,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (9 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I am very well aware of the concerns in relation to the availability of peat which are generating challenges (volume and price) for the horticulture sector. As the Deputy knows, my Department is not involved in the regulation of peat extraction. Minister for Heritage and Electoral Reform in the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Malcolm Noonan T.D., established a...

Electricity Generation. (23 Apr 2008) See 3 other results from this debate

Simon Coveney: ..., and understandably so. What I want to ask the Minister is whether he would deem it appropriate to introduce legislation that would give leadership as to the timescale for a phasing out of peat as a fuel source in power stations over a medium to long-term period, which is already Bord na Móna policy, as we increase, over a period of time, the level of biomass and other power-generating...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

...the region of €50 million. It is a decarbonisation plan to cut our emissions by a certain level. It will probably cost another €50 million as we flesh out to 2027 or whenever we finally exit peat so it will cost about €100 million. We also see a significant shift with regard to peat. We have two businesses in peat production. We have the retail business, of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sequestration and Land Management-Nature Restoration: Discussion (15 Nov 2022)

...in that. It is definitely challenging to do that. It will be a big job to establish the drainage status of those soils once we have identified where they are and to know what is a drained peat soil or peat soil. There is a definition of peat that it has to be 40 cm of peat so while it might look like it falls into the definition of peat soil when looking in from the road, when one...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Nov 2022)

Pippa Hackett: I thank the Chair and the committee members for the invitation. I am pleased to be here to speak to the committee on this important but difficult matter of horticultural peat. I am joined by my all-woman team of officials that the Chair introduced. I do not know how often this happens here. I thank them for being here. As Minister with responsibility for horticulture, I want, at the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Horticulture Sector (3 Mar 2022)

Josepha Madigan: I thank Deputy Carthy for raising this important matter, which I am happy to take on behalf of the Minister, Deputy McConalogue. As the Deputy is aware, extraction of peat for the Irish professional horticultural industry in recent years has been challenging from both a legal and regulatory perspective. A series of High Court judgments, beginning in the early 2010s, which dealt with peat...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (2 Jun 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy knows my Department has no involvement in the regulation of peat extraction but I am acutely aware of the challenges facing the sector at present and we are working to help find a solution in the short and long term. A working paper which has been put in place by my Department, in conjunction with the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC), and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (20 Apr 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: ...to sustainable alternatives. These targeted actions reflect the multifaceted nature of the problem and seek to address the short-term issue of supply, the medium term one of future access to peat and also the longer-term issue of replacement with alternatives. My Department commissioned an independent expert to work with all peat suppliers to ascertain the level of horticultural...

Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (6 Apr 2006) See 3 other results from this answer

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 283 to 285, inclusive, together. The definition of peat soils used by my Department is taken from the Peatlands of Ireland, Soil Survey Bulletin by R.F. Hammond, 1979. It constitutes a peat layer greater than 30 cm on drained peats and greater than 45 cm on undrained peats. Based on research and the Good Practice Guidance for Land Use, Land-Use Change and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Horticulture Sector (27 Jul 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I have neither statutory nor Ministerial responsibility for the harvesting or supply of horticultural peat. To assist in addressing the question of horticultural peat for domestic purposes, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (8 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...to sustainable alternatives. These targeted actions reflect the multi-faceted nature of the problem and seek to address the short-term issue of supply, the medium term one of future access to peat and also the longer-term issue of replacement with alternatives. DAFM commissioned an independent expert to work with all peat suppliers to ascertain the level of horticultural peat stocks...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (14 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 365 to 368, inclusive, 393 and 396 together. Peat soils are an extremely important store of carbon in Ireland and any future afforestation must not undermine this function. As part of the development of the Forestry Programme 2023 to 2027, my Department reassessed its policy with regard to future afforestation on peat soils. Consideration had to be given to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (19 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...of Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC), and Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Housing). It outlines a series of actions to support the horticultural growers who are dependent on peat as a growing medium.   The aim was to address the short-term issue of supply, the medium term of future access to peat and also the longer-term issue of replacement with...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Horticulture Sector (27 Jul 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I have neither statutory nor Ministerial responsibility for the harvesting or supply of horticultural peat. To assist in addressing the question of horticultural peat for domestic purposes, 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...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Horticulture Sector (31 Mar 2022)

...and Communications and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, published a working paper that set out a series of actions to support the horticultural growers who are dependent on peat as a growing medium. Progress has been made on the implementation of the actions in that working paper. A guidance document on the regulatory framework for peat extraction was published...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (8 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...to sustainable alternatives. These targeted actions reflect the multi-faceted nature of the problem and seek to address the short-term issue of supply, the medium term one of future access to peat and also the longer-term issue of replacement with alternatives. My Department commissioned an independent expert to work with all peat suppliers to ascertain the level of horticultural peat...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (28 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: The extent of any commercial impact on the horticulture sector arising from a decision by Bord na Mona to suspend all peat harvesting will depend initially on the level of domestic stocks of horticultural peat on hand, alternative suppliers of peat and the development of alternative growing mediums. The amenity and soft fruit sectors are the most reliant on milled horticulture grade...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (22 Jun 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...of Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC), and Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Housing) has developed a series of actions to support the horticultural growers who are dependent on peat as a growing medium.  In these targeted actions which reflect the multi-faceted nature of the problem, my Department is endeavouring to address the short-term issue of supply, the...