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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (9 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 936. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of peat imported into Ireland from 2016 to 2024, broken down by country, in tabular form. [13776/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (28 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: ...farmers are under attack from every direction. They are under attack from the new climate change Bill, which is loading up carbon taxes on them; the Government's shutting down their ability to harvest peat and instead importing peat from Latvia; and the Government's investment in the Mercosur agreement, which would bring more Brazilian beef into the European Union, thus displacing beef...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (17 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 1297. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to detail the amount of foreign peat-based products been sold in Ireland in each of the past five years. [2155/24]

Culling the National Herd: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: ...friendly manner possible but now we are importing tens of thousands of tonnes of environmentally toxic beef instead. That is a crazy policy. It is not just beef; we also see it in the context of peat. The Government is suppressing the production of peat. According to the reply to a parliamentary question tabled by Aontú, 813 tonnes of peat have been imported from Lithuania since...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Turf Cutting (9 May 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 498. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of peat produced in Ireland from 2016 to 2021; and the level of peat exported from Ireland from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form. [21415/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Data (9 May 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 499. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of peat imported into Ireland from 2016 to 2023, broken down by country, in tabular form. [21416/23]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Trade Data (1 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 38. To ask the Taoiseach the level of peat produced in Ireland from 2016 to 2021; and the level of peat exported from Ireland from 2016 to 2021, in tabular form. [59175/21]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Trade Data (1 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 39. To ask the Taoiseach the level of peat imported into Ireland from 2016 to 2021, by country in tabular form. [59176/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Horticulture Sector (4 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 195. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address the crisis facing the Irish horticulture sector owing to the effective ban on indigenous peat harvesting; if he will seek the immediate publication of the report of the working group on the use of Peat Moss in the Horticultural Industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53792/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Horticulture Sector (4 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address the crisis facing the Irish horticulture sector owing to the effective ban on indigenous peat harvesting; if he will seek the immediate publication of the report of the working group on the use of Peat Moss in the Horticultural Industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53793/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (4 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 385. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address the crisis facing the Irish horticulture sector owing to the effective ban on indigenous peat harvesting; if he will seek the immediate publication of the report of the working group on the use of Peat Moss in the Horticultural Industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53791/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (19 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 278. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the role which former peat fired power stations may play in the decarbonisation of the electricity system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50685/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Council Strategy 2018-2022: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: ...know that we have it and protect it and that it is available. There are two areas in which I do not have expertise so I might be wrong about them. Bord na Móna has just announced the ending of peat-fired energy generation and the cutting of turf in vast areas. I do not know whether our guests have given some thought to this. What will we do with the heritage? Is this an...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 33 - Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (28 Mar 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: There is an issue with the extraction of peat by large commercial companies in certain bogs. One bog that has been brought to my attention is that at Clonsura in Westmeath. The extraction there is, allegedly, being done outside the law and without the necessary environmental impact assessments, EIAs, being pursued. What type of regulation does the Department have to ensure that large...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Environmental Impact Assessments (27 Mar 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: ...whose appeal against An Bord Pleanála's ruling that this company must now must carry out environmental impact assessments, EIAs, in order to secure planning permission for extracting and milling peat was rejected by the High Court last month, from the ongoing and illegal extraction of lorry loads of peat from the bog in Clonsura, County Westmeath. [14188/18]