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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (Resumed): Coastal Protection (12 Jun 2019)

Mick Wallace: The Leas-Cheann Comhairle is always kind. The peat bogs that Bord na Móna devastated are not being restored. Trees that were planted have all been ripped out of the ground and cut up. About half of them have been burnt and the carbon released back into the atmosphere. It is vital, therefore, that we do something else to sequester carbon quickly and in a permanent way. About 170 km...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (27 Mar 2019)

Mick Wallace: 60. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the carbon emissions projections if and when the three peat-fired electricity generating stations here complete their planned transition to biomass combustion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14247/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation Designation (21 Feb 2019)

Mick Wallace: 49. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress made on protecting the 11 peat habitats listed for special protection under EU directives since 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8596/19]

Climate Change: Statements (6 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: ...is impossible. Burning wood for energy is not carbon neutral. Rail, not roads, are the future of clean transport. Electric cars are not the solution as long as they primarily run on oil, gas, peat and coal. The concept of biogas is a laughing stock among the scientific community. It was difficult to listen to Mary Robinson go unchallenged on "Morning Ireland" as she towed the...

Climate Change: Statements (7 Dec 2017)

Mick Wallace: ...the talk of electric cars is not what it is built up to be until we address how we produce electricity. Are we going to switch from petrol and lethal Government-subsidised diesel to cars being powered by oil, gas, peat and coal and a tiny bit of renewables, some of which will be fake renewables? There has been much fanfare about the diversion of funds towards biomass but the reality is...

Finance Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)

Mick Wallace: ...rise of late, as the PSO levy has increased. We have been told this is to help to pay for new renewable projects, but in reality we are subsidising the highly inefficient and destructive burning of peat at power stations while we convert them to biomass, another climate disaster in the making. Future generations will thank us if we play a positive role now and deal with these issues. ...

Other Questions: Public Transport Initiatives (22 Nov 2017)

Mick Wallace: ...vehicles in their cities by 2025. We will fall even further behind those cities. Even if we convert to electric vehicles and trains, if the electricity that powers them is dirty and comes from peat, oil, coal and gas as it does at present, we will still have a problem. The burning of coal at Moneypoint will still be happening in 2025 and probably in 2030. We will have coal-powered...

Other Questions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (30 Nov 2016)

Mick Wallace: The Minister's argument ignores the fact that rearing cattle for beef is, in itself, a destructive practice. It is like arguing we should burn coal, peat or oil in an efficient way while ignoring the fact that we must stop burning fossil fuels if we are interested in protecting the environment. Research from Bard College in New York indicates that beef's environmental impact dwarfs that of...

Other Questions: Natural Heritage Areas Designation (29 Nov 2016)

Mick Wallace: The 2011 bogland report by the Environmental Protection Agency noted 10 million tonnes of annual emissions from peatland degradation and burning, equivalent to Ireland's annual car emissions. We all know that there are many jobs tied up in peat and turf in the midlands now but we will not be able to continue burning peat like we are now. Is there any Government plan to start a job creation...

Other Questions: Natural Heritage Areas Designation (29 Nov 2016)

Mick Wallace: ...about job creation. Currently, Bord na Móna harvests 4 million tonnes per year. It was originally set up to look after the bogs but it is destroying them. Since 2011, we have subsidised peat-fired power generation to the tune of €500 million, which is a lot of money. Surely there must be some long-term planning to get away from extracting peat from the ground, as it is...

Other Questions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (26 Oct 2016)

Mick Wallace: ...decision on Edenderry and the likelihood that Bord na Móna's planning permission will be overturned because An Bord Pleanála did not take on board the fact that 1.2 million tonnes per annum of peat was being burned at that plant, which information should have been included in the environmental assessment. I understand there are approximately 250 jobs at stake. Bord na Móna...

Other Questions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (26 Oct 2016)

Mick Wallace: ...on the health of asthmatic children and results in scores of premature deaths. If the Minister believes that the only employment this Government can provide in the midlands is in the area of peat burning then we need a change of Government. There are many other ways to create jobs. When will this Government start investing in indigenous industry? I was approached recently by a number...

Other Questions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (26 Oct 2016)

Mick Wallace: Burning coal is one of the most irresponsible and damaging forms of energy production in the world. Electricity generated from burning peat releases at least twice as much greenhouse gases as coal. That said, the ESB’s coal-fired power station at Moneypoint is Ireland’s largest single source of carbon dioxide emissions. If we are to meet our binding climate change mitigation...