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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Peat Briquette Production: Bord na Móna (27 May 2015)

Michael Colreavy: I ask Mr. Horgan to talk through the annual planning vis-à-visthe longer-term planning for the merged companies. I understand that if the weather is bad it can impact peat production. I also understand that if the weather is good, demand for the product decreases. There are other opportunities. Mr. Horgan talked about unregulated fuel imports from Northern Ireland, which seems to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Peat Briquette Production: Bord na Móna (27 May 2015)

Michael Colreavy: ...no reference in today's discussion about the potential for exports. We complain about imports from Northern Ireland but no mention at all was made of potential for exports. Have we given up on peat?

Wind Turbine Regulation Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 Apr 2014)

Michael Colreavy: ..., Sinn Féin is not opposed to exporting renewable energy to Britain or anywhere else but we must deal with the facts. Of indigenous energy produced in Ireland in 2012, renewable energy accounted for 58%, peat 24% and natural gas for 14%. However, of energy consumed in Ireland, 87.5% came from fossil fuels while only 11.4% came from renewable sources. This indicates that we are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Bord na Móna: Discussion with Chairman Designate (20 Sep 2012)

Michael Colreavy: ...that. Mr. Horgan, rightly, says the company is at a crossroads and needs to diversify its activities in order to secure a sustainable future. Does he envisage Bord na Móna moving completely away from peat production? Has he looked at the percentages for peat production compared with wind energy production? Has he projected those ratios over the next five, ten or 15 years or does...