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Seanad: Update on Implementation of National Forestry Programme: Statements (27 Feb 2019)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...permission for afforestation in Ireland is not required for plantations that are under 50 ha in size, which makes up the bulk of plantations. This situation has led to private entities purchasing peat bogland, which otherwise should contribute to carbon sequestration in order to plant large, commercial plantations. My Sinn Féin colleague, Deputy Martin Kenny, has proposed...

Seanad: Progress in Relation to Climate Change: Statements (14 Feb 2019)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...bringing about change. What was equally evident, however, was that there is no consensus on how to move forward. There is no agreed framework for primary agriculture, food production, afforestation, peatland restoration, biomass production, land use, energy production or habitat conservation. Nor is there a strategy to ensure a just, fair and equitable transition to a green economy for...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015: Statements (6 Dec 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...and spend billions of euro on each year. This is also a dispatchable power source as they will act as a complement to the intermittent nature of wind. We are currently importing biomass to mix with peat to burn at the Edenderry plant. This is being imported from America but could be grown here. Bord na Móna plans to invest €60 million in a plant in North America. It has...