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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Concerns for Sourcing Winter Animal Feed in Shannon Callows Area: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Seán Canney: ...up with nothing and we end up with stagnation. That is what we have in the callows, because we do not really and truly have someone who will take control of it. I challenged the ESB about all the peat it had dumped into the Shannon, and that was received with indignation, whereby they asked me how dare I say that. That happened a long time ago but the peat is in the river and has...

Environmental Protection Agency (Emergency Electricity Generation) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (7 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: ...There were no more cash crops. All the farmers in Galway East, Galway West, Roscommon and south Mayo went back to beef and sheep. There is no tillage. This was a huge mistake and we have just repeated it here with the Shannonbridge and Lanesborough power plants. It is a classic example of people not understanding the consequences of making decisions. Peat milling is another aspect in...

Home Heating Fuels: Motion [Private Members] (26 Apr 2022)

Seán Canney: ...in oil-fired boilers instead of heat pumps. This is being funded by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland right now, in 2022. It is madness. We are going to have another fiasco like the one we had with the peat. We banned peat milling. We are now importing peat from elsewhere in Europe and causing more carbon dioxide emissions through the decision we made. There has been no...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

Seán Canney: ...other thing we must tackle, which is the idea that climate action is going to solve all our problems. Today, horticultural producers and farmers were outside the House to highlight the issue of peat production in Ireland for vegetable and mushroom growers. The fact is that we are now importing peat from Latvia due to the cessation of all peat milling in this country. It is being brought...

Energy Prices: Motion [Private Members] (6 Oct 2021)

Seán Canney: ...A lot of the time, we have knee-jerk reactions to climate action without considering that, when we take out a process, we need another in place to take over. We can see where ceasing production of peat moss for horticulture has led us. Thousands of tonnes of stuff are now being imported every week when we have the very same stuff here but have stopped producing it. Something has gone...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Policy (15 Jul 2021)

Seán Canney: 32. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on lifting the restrictions on horticultural peat harvesting for 2021 to avoid a shortage of supply for 2021 which will result in job losses and businesses closures in the regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37227/21]

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2021)

Seán Canney: ...is to bring in beef from South America and one could ask what that adds to the carbon footprint. Another way in which we have put the cart before the horse is that we stopped the production of peat briquettes and now we are importing them. We also stalled the production of milled peat for horticulture and now we are importing it. We are now stopping farmers from increasing...

Environmental Policy: Motion [Private Members] (18 Dec 2019)

Seán Canney: ...firms have indicated that they would legally challenge such a move. The basis of their challenge is that a nationwide smoky coal ban cannot be introduced without an associated nationwide ban on the burning of peat, turf and wet wood because these materials produce similar levels of pollution. The legal threat is not only to take down a nationwide ban but to have the existing ban which is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Change Policy (4 Jul 2019)

Seán Canney: ...exposed or least equipped to make changes will be supported. Just transition is thus at the heart of the plan. Certain activities will be particularly exposed, such as the phase-out of coal and peat from power generation. These transitions will be carefully planned and monitored to ensure that those individuals and regions affected will be supported through many policy streams identified...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Change Policy (4 Jul 2019)

Seán Canney: ...-year just transition strategy. The Deputy spoke about the implications for Bord na Móna. It will be a significant milestone for the region that by 2028 Bord na Móna will end the harvesting of peat for power generation. The Government is committed to supporting the company in its transition to the development of new businesses in herbs, aquaculture, resource recovery and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Natural Gas Imports (24 Jan 2019)

Seán Canney: ...a need for secure supply right now. In 20 years' time, we will have transitioned away from this type of fuel but we cannot do it overnight. I mentioned earlier that Bord na Móna is moving from peat to other sources of energy. This transition will take time. We are working on that. At the same time, we need to have security of supply. We cannot rely on one source alone.