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

Michael Ring: ...talking about alternatives but it is trying to put as many of these people out of business as possible. I have to say that I am aggravated by this. People talk about alternatives. We are bringing in peat from other parts of Europe. It is like the sky. The Green Party talks about the environment. The sky covers Russia, China and every other big nation in the world. We are trying to...

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

Michael Ring: If we do not let them take up the peat, we will close them down.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Jul 2021)

Michael Ring: I thought the environment was a world problem. Whether peat is got in Latvia or any other country, does it make any difference? Why should we import a product that we have in plentiful supply in this country? I have listened to this debate and I listened to other debates. The guests are welcome. Their industry has been attacked, like a lot of other industries around this country, because...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (16 Feb 2021)

Michael Ring: ...these kinds of goods into the country. We do not know from where they are coming. There is no safety aspect to it. They do not have the same compliance that we have here in Ireland. Most of the peat is controlled by the State anyway. Some 90% of bogs are owned by the State. There should be no reason that we are not able to take enough out to support this industry and the jobs it...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Road Projects Status (17 Jun 2014)

Michael Ring: ...N59 Oughterard to Maam Cross scheme. The advance works will include ground investigation, archaeological works, fencing of acquired lands, works on a section of the Connemara greenway and other areas of work related to peat restoration areas and advance bridge works. As regards the timeframe for completion of the scheme, future progress on this scheme is subject to both the outcome of the...

Infrastructure Stimulus Package: Motion (28 Apr 2009)

Michael Ring: ...same with the roads; they are not there. A former Deputy of this House, Myles Staunton, put a company together in Ireland and America. He went to Mayo County Council for planning permission for a peat power plant which would have created many jobs in Killala. Mayo County Council granted the planning application, but an objection was made by a third party and the application went to An...