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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta (25 Apr 2023)

Marian Harkin: 432. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 206 of 26 October 2022, of the remaining 58,000 ha of Coillte lands on peat soil (details supplied), the area in hectares that is planted with trees managed by Coillte primarily for commercial timber production; and the area in hectares planted with trees managed by Coillte primarily for...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Wind Energy Guidelines (25 Nov 2021)

Marian Harkin: I thank the Minister of State for his response. He said peatlands can be damaged. He and I know that peatlands will be damaged by wind turbines. The Minister of State saw peat stability and the side of Shass Mountain. We built homes on floodplains in this country, thinking that we had ways and means of directing the movement of water. We cannot. The same is true of peat on the sides of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Wind Energy Guidelines (25 Nov 2021)

Marian Harkin: I want to raise issues relating to the siting of wind farms, particularly on mountainsides and largely on peaty soil. I will begin with some general points about wind farms, their siting and how we do business in this regard. In addition, I will focus on two proposed wind farms, one at Dough Mountain near Lissinagroagh, Manorhamilton, County Leitrim, and the other close to the top of Corry...

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

Marian Harkin: 334. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline for the publication of the report of the working group on the use of Peat Moss in Horticulture; if the findings of the report will be debated in Dáil Éireann and acted on without further delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54279/21]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2021)

Marian Harkin: ...can take quite a period of time for a lot of those programmes to bed in. Farmers have been promised a just transition. What is the evidence of change so far? The evidence is we are importing peat from Latvia. Latvia is in the European Union and it has the same laws as we have. We are importing wood from Scotland. There is a real possibility of significantly increasing the...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Budget Statement 2022 (12 Oct 2021)

Marian Harkin: ...with it. In today's context, however, it is seen to penalise. It is meant to encourage a switch to cleaner fuels, electric vehicles and public transport but in rural areas, very often there are no alternative fuels to oil, coal or peat. We do not have gas lines running beside our homes and there is little infrastructure for electric vehicles. Whatever there is in towns and cities,...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Jul 2021)

Marian Harkin: ...time, I will be back in the House asking about the situation and that cannot continue. The long-term issue of compensation for land that is rendered useless, and we are talking about 170,000 tonnes of peat that was deposited across lands in Leitrim, is completely up in the air. There have been similar schemes previously when land was destroyed, for example, in Inishowen, but, so far,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (13 Jul 2021)

Marian Harkin: 213. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will lift the restrictions on peat harvesting for 2021 to avoid a shortage of supply in 2021 and reduce the further importation of peat from abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37986/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (13 Jul 2021)

Marian Harkin: 214. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will introduce a fair and workable licensing system to allow for the phasing out of horticultural peat harvesting while ensuring there is a secure supply of growing media in order that the sustainable horticultural sector is not jeopardised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37987/21]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Agriculture Schemes (6 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: ...for his explanation of what happened earlier. The Minister is aware of the Shass Mountain landslide at Drumkeeran. Approximately 55 ha of land was affected, with approximately 170,000 tonnes of peat on the land. It was an extensive landslide. Subsequent to the landslide, which was ten and a half months ago, the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, organised a meeting and the then Minister...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: ..., a fine and lofty term which sounds great. The nitty-gritty of getting from A to B is what determines whether the transition is just. Many speakers have spoken about the horticultural sector and milled peat. What is happening? We are going backwards. We need to learn lessons from that. It is not enough to ban production or to stop a certain action. One must look at the impact of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Areas of Conservation (8 Jul 2020)

Marian Harkin: ...the forestry and sliding down the side of the mountain. It was incredible to see it. It is difficult to estimate the numbers but we are looking at the movement of some 300,000 or 400,000 cu. m of peat and bog. The bog slide continues down the mountain for several miles and stops within 200 m of two family homes and not 50 m from the Diffagher river which then goes on to flow into...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (17 Jun 2020)

Marian Harkin: ...is a piece of infrastructure to which nothing has been done since the foundation of the State. Somebody remarked to me that not a teaspoon of water has been taken out but millions of tonnes of silt and peat have been deposited. The flow can be speeded up at Jamestown. When people hear this, they throw their hands up in horror and say "What about further down the river?". The flow at...