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Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2014)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: ...year. Why is ComReg allowing the PSO levy to be increased over a four-year period by 250% while international electricity prices are decreasing? The money goes to two main recipients, namely, the country's peat plants and renewable energy. The vast majority of the money goes to fund developers and investors when wind turbines do not go around. When the wind does not blow, the PSO levy...

Seanad: An Appreciation of the Life and Work of Seamus Heaney: Statements (3 Oct 2013)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: ...To drink it, then fell to right away Nicking and slicing neatly, heaving sods Over his shoulder, going down and down For the good turf. Digging. The cold smell of potato mould, the squelch and slap Of soggy peat, the curt cuts of an edge Through living roots awaken in my head. But I've no spade to follow men like them. Between my finger and my thumb The squat pen rests. I'll dig with it....

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011 [Dáil]: Second Stage (26 Jul 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: ...coal in Part 3, as mentioned by the Minister, of the Bill are a cause of concern to us. It is not clear whether this would extend at some stage in the future to solid fuel such as turf, logs or peat or any other fuel that may be generated from within farmlands or agricultural lands and used for domestic purposes only. That must be clarified. In rural parts, including the west, due to...