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

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 741, 763 and 764 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 requirements of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (30 Nov 2021)

Matt Carthy: It is good to see you back, a Cheann Comhairle. The Taoiseach knows there is a crisis in the horticultural sector as a result of peat shortages. Successive Governments over recent years have allowed that crisis to fester by not preventing the export of peat, not investing in finding alternatives to peat and allowing and forcing companies to import peat from the far side of Europe. The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (24 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: In relation to peat extraction, my Department 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. Regarding the future use of peat moss in the horticulture...

Written Answers — Electricity Generation: Electricity Generation (20 Feb 2007)

Noel Dempsey: ...a review of licensing terms at present and I will bring forward my proposals in the coming weeks for the future of the licensing regime. Bord na Móna plc produces c.3 million tonnes of milled peat annually for supply to the existing three peat-fired electricity generating stations and a further 0.5 million tonnes for the production of peat briquettes. The Government is supportive of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Reports (9 Nov 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: My statutory remit and responsibility as Minister does not include regulation of the harvesting or supply of horticultural peat. However, to assist in addressing the important issues around horticultural peat for domestic purposes, I set up an Independent Working Group under the Chair of Dr. Munoo Prasad. The potential of alternatives to the use of peat moss in the horticultural industry was...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Nov 2021)

Aisling Dolan: ...again how the Seanad makes a difference. On behalf of the Fine Gael group, the Leader of the House, Senator Doherty, together with Senator Robbie Gallagher, presented the cross-party Horticultural Peat (Temporary Measures) Bill 2021 today. The Bill shows how we can deal with the practical impact of the lack of peat for the horticultural industry, and that industry only. Currently, peat...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (10 Feb 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...and Communications (DECC), and Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Housing) published a working paper that sets out a series of actions to support the horticultural growers who are dependent on peat as a growing medium. The commissioning of an independent expert to work with all peat suppliers to ascertain the level of horticultural peat stocks available to growers is one of the key...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023)

Verona Murphy: Is there any offset in relation to peat soils and what we are sequestering and then the importation of wood chip from Brazil in vast quantities? Is there any offset? Does anybody take into consideration where we stop one line - for instance in peat, never mind the wood chip? When we are importing peat to replace what we have stopped harvesting, is there a correlation within the Department...

Seanad: Electricity Prices: Motion (6 Oct 2010) See 5 other results from this debate

Mark Dearey: With regard to the public service obligation, peat is a relatively expensive way of generating electricity per kilowatt-hour. As long as oil prices are high, peat will be competitive as power can be produced at roughly the same cost as oil. When oil prices drop, as they have done, peat becomes an expensive way to produce electricity. Without the levy, the people working in those power...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Effect of proposed withdrawal of the UK from the EU on the Irish Energy Market: Discussion. (14 Feb 2017)

Eamon Ryan: The Senator raised a very interesting point on the detail. Does this effectively mean peat-fired power stations would not meet sustainability criteria? Mr. Confrey indicated it applies to new biomass plants but the wording seems to indicate that any support for biomass-fuelled power generation that would not meet sustainability criteria - I cannot see any of our peat-fired plants passing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Charter Treaty, Energy Security, Liquefied Natural Gas and Data Centres: Discussion (resumed) (5 Oct 2021)

Ms Aoife MacEvilly: The peat plants, when they were in operation, were never competitive in the market. That is why they were supported by the public service obligation, were required to be run on priority dispatch and then required additional payments over and above market prices. It does not seem to be the case that the peat plants would have made a difference. Also, the scale of what...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (10 Feb 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: In relation to peat extraction, my Department 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. Regarding the future use of peat moss in the horticulture...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (17 Feb 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: In relation to peat extraction, my Department 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. Regarding the future use of peat moss in the horticulture...

Written Answers — Electricity Generation: Electricity Generation (29 Oct 2008) See 1 other result from this answer

Eamon Ryan: Government Policy on the use of peat in electricity generation in Ireland is set out in the White Paper, "Delivering a Sustainable Energy Future for Ireland — The Energy Policy Framework 2007-2020". The three pillars of Government energy policy are security of energy supply, environmental sustainability and delivery of real and effective competition in energy markets. In relation to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Horticulture Sector (3 Nov 2020) See 4 other results from this debate

Senator Pippa Hackett: Ultimately, we will get to a situation where we will not have peat. Whether we extract it all and there is none left, we will end up at a situation where we do not have peat for every use we want it for. We are exploring the alternatives which potentially utilise spent peat. It is circular in nature in an economy sense. There are other possibilities in terms of...

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

Darragh O'Brien: ...(the 2000 Act), all development, unless specifically exempted under the Act or associated Regulations, requires planning permission. Under the Planning and Development Regulations 2001, peat extraction- - in a new or extended area of less than 10 hectare, or - in a new or extended area of 10 hectares or more, where the drainage of the bogland commenced prior to 21 January 2002...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Bord na Móna (23 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: ...Nos. 278 and 281 together. 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 applications for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rewetting of Peatland and its Impact on Farmers: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

Martin Browne: I have a few questions on the Vote. A working group has been set up to discuss the effects that the ban on peat harvesting will have on the horticultural industry. The group has only just given its interim report to the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, and the recommendations are weeks away from being published. Is the Department aware that suppliers to the industry are fearful that they...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 42 and 43 together. I am acutely aware of the concerns in relation to the licensing of peat extraction which are generating challenges for the horticulture sector. As the Deputy knows, he Department has no involvement in the regulation of peat extraction.  Minister for Heritage and Electoral Reform in the Department of Housing,...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Nov 2021)

Claire Kerrane: ...livelihoods overnight. Those jobs have not been replaced. They and their communities really feel like they are collateral damage in the move from brown energy to green energy. To add insult to injury, peat production in Ireland has been stopped but peat is now being imported at record levels, with almost 40,000 tonnes, to the value of €6.7 million, having been imported in just...