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Seanad: Climate Action: Statements (24 Jan 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: ...the stick.We should try to encourage people away from using carbon-based fuels and show leadership in supporting them. Last year, we saw that Bord na Móna was greatly reducing its output of peat and we saw the redundancies for so many people in the midlands. I think we will be judged by how we treat the midlands with regard to this. We do not want to destroy communities but to make...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: ...conferences and says what he would like to do. What is stopping him? He is the relevant Minister. The Moneypoint plant is still burning coal and will continue to burn it until 2025. We will continue to have peat-fired power stations until 2030. It is time for action and less talk. We have heard about the aspirational things the Government would like to do to tackle climate change....

Seanad: Flooding: Statements (21 Feb 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: ...did not deliver. The challenges of climate change have been touched on by previous speakers. We need to have joined-up thinking, but we are seeing very little of it. Bord na Móna is talking about harvesting peat from soakage areas until 2030. The turf-burning stations in the midlands are churning out carbon, which means we will be fined in 2020. I am by no means trying to score...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015: Statements (29 Nov 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: ...should close. That is long overdue. The station is one of the biggest polluters in the country and we will not hit our targets as long as it remains open. Senator Black touched on the issue of peat burning stations. When I raised it with the Minister previously, he told me that we could not create a rust belt in the middle of Ireland. No, we cannot, but we do have to plan quickly for...

Seanad: Flood Prevention Measures: Statements (18 Oct 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: ...damage our society. We cannot claim to be taking action on climate change while accommodating special interests, such as allowing Moneypoint to continue to operate for another five years or for peat-burning stations to remain operational as a result of the economic impact of their closure. We cannot continue to invest the amount of money we are putting into roads and motorways when we...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: ...of the countryside. However, there is a need for a register to know what is going on in the countryside. Long-term monitoring under the EMBER project has shown a significant negative impact on peat hydrology, chemistry and physical properties, river water chemistry and river ecology. We need a clear record of what is happening on peatlands and uplands in the context of gorse burning....

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (7 Dec 2016)

Kevin Humphreys: ...in a different way. The green flag system works well. Perhaps we should integrate it in some way. Although we need to continue phasing out fossil fuels, we already have started to increase our coal and peat use for generation of electricity by 19.6%. That is totally unacceptable when we are talking about phasing out electricity generated by peat. Peat generates 9% of our electricity...

Seanad: Communications, Climate Action and the Environment: Statements (6 Jul 2016)

Kevin Humphreys: ...must ask what we need to change. How can we assist that engagement and get community buy-in on renewable energy? The Minister will come under very strong pressure at different stages in respect of our peat plants. I say this to be helpful. The same is true in regard to generation from gas and coal. The plants provide a very important local employment element. If we truly want to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (16 Jul 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: 726. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there has been an analysis of the greenhouse gas emissions from Ireland's three peat burning power stations and the way this contributes to our carbon emissions; what those emissions are on an annual basis from 2007 to date in 2013 per station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35390/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Public Service Obligation Levy Payments (16 Jul 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: 727. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount on an annual basis from 2007 to date in 2013 that was provided as a subsidy to Ireland's three peat burning power stations; if all of this subsidy came from the PSO levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35391/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Public Service Obligation Levy Payments (16 Jul 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: 728. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the length of time for which the PSO levy to subsidise peat burning power stations will continue; his views on whether it is the most efficient use of public subsidies which could be allocated to renewable energy sources which would also contribute to reducing our carbon emissions; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (16 Jul 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: 836. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there has been an analysis of the greenhouse gas emissions from Ireland's three peat burning power stations and how this contributes to our carbon emissions; what those emissions are on an annual basis from 2007 to date per station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35389/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Heads of Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: ...be brought forward. An Taisce has a very good record in trying to enforce development plans, and it has been in and out of An Bord Pleanála. Duncan Stewart mentioned this morning that the three peat-burning plants in the midlands should be mothballed immediately. I am not from that area but I imagine that would result in a sudden economic hit for those areas. We produce 10% of the...

Written Answers — Electricity Generation: Electricity Generation (23 May 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: ...and Natural Resources the action that has been taken on the recommendation of the National Competitiveness Council in the Ireland's Competitiveness Challenge 2011 report to phase out subsidies for peat generated electricity as funded through the public service obligation levy; if any consideration has been given to transferring these funds to projects such as the better energy homes...