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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2022)

Regina Doherty: .... It did a real disservice to the work of the witness and to the industry. The industry is in crisis and we are trying to find solutions. People I have engaged with tell me that the quality of the peat at Rochfortbridge is not good enough to be either classified as mined or milled. Therefore, it does not necessarily come to us as a recommendation. As the witness suggested, this was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Nov 2022)

Regina Doherty: ...going around in circles for the past number of years and we have absolutely no productive solutions to filling - what the Minister of State has just called - the interim period before we get beyond peat. That is the problem and the reason we are sitting here talking so frustratingly. We are going around in circles and I think that is actually the plan of the Department of Housing, Local...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Nov 2022)

Regina Doherty: ...the law might have challenges but it certainly would be an action to show the industry we are trying to do something to alleviate the problems it has. The Minister of State referred to "beyond peat", the "path to the future", and to alternatives and also to the fact that I said it was not fair to say that the recommendations of the Prasad report were not implemented. She did not do Nos.1...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Nov 2021)

Regina Doherty: ...regarding the Sectoral Employment Order (Electrical Contracting Sector) 2021, referral to committee, to be taken on conclusion of No. 1, without debate; No. 3, Private Members' business, Horticultural Peat (Temporary Measures) Bill 2021 - Second Stage, to be taken at 2.45 p.m., and not withstanding anything in standing orders, the proceedings thereon shall adjourn after 90 minutes; No. 4,...

Seanad: Horticultural Peat (Temporary Measures) Bill 2021: Second Stage (30 Nov 2021)

Regina Doherty: The Horticultural Peat (Temporary Measures) Bill is an attempt to find a just solution to provide for a just transition. I wish to put on the record of the House that drafting this Bill for the 35 members of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael was a last resort to solving this problem, which, I believe, has been kicked down the road for far too long. What is in this Bill is a workable solution...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Nov 2021)

Regina Doherty: ...weekend. I will certainly bring the Senator's concerns to the Ministers for Transport and Finance and let them know what the feedback is. A number of colleagues raised the issue of the Horticultural Peat (Temporary Measures) Bill 2021. I will be very pleased to accept the amendment to the Order of Business in that regard. I thank colleagues for their help. I will take this opportunity...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Nov 2021)

Regina Doherty: ...will get more details of the event because if, as alluded to, I would think it is probably not appropriate. I do not have all the details so I will come back to the Senator. Senator Boyhan spoke about the peat Bill, and I want to thank him and welcome his positive contribution. He mentioned the fact that planning for 853 homes had been passed yesterday evening. Senator Conway expressed...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Oct 2021)

Regina Doherty: ...harvesting. That was simply because it had contracts it had to fulfil. I am not sure if Friends of the Earth was suggesting that those contracts should have been breached. We absolutely know there is no peat in Ireland for the moment for the producers that need it. We described here last night the untenable position of having to ask businesses to import peat of a lower grade that will...

Seanad: Peat Harvesting: Statements (13 Oct 2021)

Regina Doherty: ...of State for being present today for what is an important debate. There is near unanimity in the Chamber. More importantly, at the outset, the Minister of State said he supports an exemption for peat extraction from the planning process because I know he gets just how important this is to the horticultural sector, including fruit and vegetable farmers, mushroom growers and many nurseries...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Sep 2021)

Regina Doherty: ...reduce our carbon footprint.In the main, everybody agrees it is something that has to happen. However, we find ourselves in a situation where yesterday a very large shipment of 3,600 tonnes of horticultural peat was imported from Latvia. Two hundred truckloads of peat were taken off that ship because we refuse to allow people harvest peat from our bogs purely for the production of food...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Jul 2021)

Regina Doherty: ...we can see remote working happening live and not in people's bedrooms, halls or landings. It is good to see something happening live while we are still talking about remote working. Senator O'Loughlin talked about the peat harvesters who we met outside Convention Centre Dublin the other day. This is an example of something that we are doing to try to reduce our carbon footprint...