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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Policy (7 Mar 2024)

Denis Naughten: ...to meet our increased tillage acreage targets and a need to reduce the national herd to meet the Government's own 2030 climate targets. I previously did an assessment of converting our three peat-fired power plants to 100% biomass. That would displace 600,000 tonnes of carbon each year from beef production and generate €465 per ha for farmers with a price of carbon at €100...

Environmental Protection Agency (Emergency Electricity Generation) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (7 Mar 2023)

Denis Naughten: ...Government's just transition commissioner, had described the two plants as being in a "pristine state". That is why I, when Minister, took the decision that we would transition these plants away from burning peat to burning indigenously-sourced biomass. Not only would it have ensured security of energy supply, but it would have also provided a fair transition from peat to...

EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (28 Jun 2022)

Denis Naughten: ...Just over two years ago, I said we should not make the mistakes that we made in the past, when we demolished our sugar plants in Mallow and Carlow. I argued against those demolitions at the time. Let us not repeat those mistakes. Sadly, we are now repeating them and asking the electricity customers of this country and the families that are struggling to pay their electricity bills to...

Financial Resolution No. 2: Mineral Oils Tax (27 Apr 2022)

Denis Naughten: .... Before Covid-19, COPD was responsible for 10% of all hospital admissions. The Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Deputy Eamon Ryan, has handled this matter terribly but peat has been in the cross hairs in the air quality debate for more than five years, and nobody should be surprised by that. The current Taoiseach, when on the Opposition benches, called for...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (9 Sep 2021)

Denis Naughten: 61. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 43 of 16 June 2021, the progress to date of the National Parks and Wildlife Service peatland scheme for large-scale peatlands restoration in 2021; the number of Bord na Móna employees reassigned to date from peat harvesting activities; the number of Bord na Móna seasonal...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (9 Sep 2021)

Denis Naughten: ...To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 51 of 16 June 2021, the details of the progress to date of Bord na Móna’s large-scale peatlands restoration project and the number of Bord na Móna employees reassigned to date from peat harvesting activities; the number of Bord na Móna seasonal staff...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (16 Jun 2021)

Denis Naughten: ...face even more drastic cuts down the road. I represent a constituency that faces a greater impact in terms of climate than most other constituencies across the country. There is a focus on the peat-fired power stations in the midlands, particularly those in Lanesborough and Shannonbridge, and the impact their closure will have from an employment perspective. The vast majority of the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (16 Jun 2021)

Denis Naughten: 43. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress to date of the National Parks and Wildlife Service peatland scheme for large-scale peatlands restoration in 2021; the number of Bord na Móna employees reassigned to date from peat harvesting activities; the number of Bord na Móna seasonal staff re-employed on each bog in which rehabilitation has...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (16 Jun 2021)

Denis Naughten: ...for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 140 of 11 May 2021, if he will provide details on the progress to date of Bord na Móna’s large-scale peatlands restoration project and the number of Bord na Móna employees reassigned to date from peat harvesting activities; the number of Bord na Móna seasonal staff re-employed on...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2020)

Denis Naughten: Ireland’s 70-year history of generating electricity from peat will come to an end in just 15 days. As Minister responsible for energy, I was instrumental in bringing about a transition from peat but, under my plan, there was to be an orderly winding down of peat harvesting up to 2026. In the next 15 days, however, two of the biggest peat-fired power plants in the world will stop...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2020)

Denis Naughten: I move amendment No. 158: In page 66, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following: “PART 6 REPORTSReport on options for enhancement of Employment Investment Incentive relief in Midlands Peat Region 55. The Minister shall, within 90 days of the passing of this Act, publish a report on options for the enhancement of the Employment Investment Incentive relief in the Midlands Peat...

Finance Bill 2020: Second Stage (4 Nov 2020)

Denis Naughten: ...rules. He told a conference late last month that there is an urgent need to change state aid rules to better support local authorities, businesses and communities in the midlands moving away from reliance on peat production towards the just transition. He went on to point out that there is absolutely no point in encouraging local communities to think big and come up with innovative...

National Oil Reserves Agency (Amendment) and Provision of Central Treasury Services Bill 2020: From the Seanad (22 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: Ballydangan and Cloonfad. We have milled peat on bogs right across the midlands.

National Oil Reserves Agency (Amendment) and Provision of Central Treasury Services Bill 2020: From the Seanad (22 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: ...na staff to do that work. It is imperative that the funding that is made available through the climate action fund is for labour intensive work for that specific purpose and I hope the Minister will ensure that happens. We need to take the milled peat off these bogs urgently. In the last fortnight I was on the road between Ballydangan and Cloonfad going past the bogs at Clonbern....

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

Denis Naughten: ...-sourced biomass. The principal reason for the lack of biomass in Ireland has been the absence of any proven demand for energy crops that would attract farmers. If we were to operate our current peat-fired plants with 100% locally-sourced biomass, this would reduce agricultural emissions on local farms by 600,000 tonnes of carbon each year. This would be the equivalent of the removal of...

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

Denis Naughten: .... I wish to talk about the just transition as it affects the employees of Bord na Móna, an issue I know is close to your heart, a Cheann Comhairle. Some 360 families are currently waiting for peat harvesting to take place this summer. That is dependent on a very complex planning process that must be completed by Bord na Móna. There is a potential safety net for those 360...

Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (27 May 2020)

Denis Naughten: ...wait for Covid-19 restrictions to be lifted or the next budget cycle before we see action on the ground. We do not have the luxury of time. We must see action now because 360 families depend on a peat harvest this summer and, sadly, there is no guarantee that peat harvesting will be allowed pending the complex planning process that Bord na Móna must go through. I also echo the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Raised Bog Management Plan (12 Dec 2019)

Denis Naughten: The announcement made regarding the closure of the two peat-fired power stations in the midlands is the equivalent of Google shutting up shop in Dublin. That shows the scale of the impact on the economy locally. We need assurance that we can create jobs locally in bog rehabilitation. I need an assurance from the Government that this will be made a priority and we will not see these jobs...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (3 Dec 2019)

Denis Naughten: 66. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she is taking to support job creation in the midland peat counties following the announced closure of the Lough Ree and West Offaly power stations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49704/19]

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: ...apologise that I inadvertently did not get the opportunity to move amendment No. 12. That amendment and amendment No. 14 deal with the same issue. Amendment No. 14 refers to the townlands in which the two peat-fired powered stations in Lanesborough and Shannonbridge are located. Amendment No. 12 references the 20 sites across the midlands where there are Bord na Móna workshops,...