Search for peat speaker:Mary Lou McDonald (KildareStreet.com)

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022): Mary Lou McDonald: The days of the mass harvesting of turf are over. This is best underscored by the fact that Bord na Móna has moved from its traditional brown peat business to become a leading and profitable champion of renewables. The Government's proposed outright ban on the sale of turf has caused real distress and frustration for rural communities. The proposal is unfair, unworkable and should not...
Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (24 Apr 2018): Mary Lou McDonald: ...well established power sources worldwide. We are past the research stage; we need to use them. We need to be very specific about what energy sources will replace fossil fuels. The phasing out of peat is an aspiration, but there is no plan about what will replace it. If it is biomass, we need to plan to promote the indigenous growing of biomass to become an industry in the midlands to...

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