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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Bord na Móna (16 Jul 2020)

Carol Nolan: 51. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if, under the just transition plan, compensation will be provided to peat harvesting contractors that made significant investments in peat harvesting machinery prior to the sudden and unexpected announcement of the suspension of all peat harvesting for the 2020 season by Bord na Móna and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compensation Schemes (27 Jan 2021)

Carol Nolan: 916. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will assist in the provision of compensation to peat harvesting contractors that made significant investments in peat harvesting machinery prior to the sudden and unexpected announcement of the suspension of all peat harvesting for the 2020 season by Bord na Móna; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Bord na Móna (13 Jan 2021)

Carol Nolan: 62. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question 51 of 16 July 2020, if his Department will assist in the provision of compensation to peat harvesting contractors that made significant investments in peat harvesting machinery prior to the sudden and unexpected announcement of the suspension of all peat harvesting for the 2020 season...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (21 Sep 2021)

Carol Nolan: 98. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the conditions that must be fulfilled before a person may engage in the commercial sale of peat and-or peat-related products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44510/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Data (18 Jan 2023)

Carol Nolan: 1841. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the quantity of peat and peat products that have been exported to Japan from 2011 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1409/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Funding (4 May 2022)

Carol Nolan: 79. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the use of Just Transition funding to subsidise the importation of peat moss or the adaptation of facilities to mill peat; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21778/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Funding (4 May 2022)

Carol Nolan: 80. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the use of Just Transition funding to subsidise the importation of peat moss or the adaptation of facilities to mill peat; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21779/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compensation Schemes (27 Jan 2021)

Carol Nolan: 903. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider introducing a package of supports for peat contractors who purchased machinery prior to the announcement of the cessation of all peat harvesting by Bord na Móna; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4036/21]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Nov 2022)

Carol Nolan: There is no clarity, certainty or adequate sources when it comes to peat harvesting. There is no clarity on where the authority to change the planning law resides. Is it with the EU or the Government? There is no certainty as to whether the horticulture sector can survive going forward. There are no adequate levels or sources of peat, or rather there are, but people are banned from...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Horticulture Sector (25 Jan 2022)

Carol Nolan: 309. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason that he chose to set aside the recommendation of the report of the Working Group on Horticultural Peat with respect to the need to gradually phase out the use of peat by 2030 and with a complete cessation date by 2035; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3525/22]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Jan 2022)

Carol Nolan: Will the Taoiseach ask the Minister to reconvene the working group on horticultural peat? The sector is in deep crisis at present. We must ensure the group has a chance to come together again. The Minister also needs to explain the reasons why the main recommendations the working group made were ignored. One of the recommendations was the phasing out of peat up to 2030. It has been...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Carol Nolan: ...Environment and the appalling delays in issuing planning judgments by An Bord Pleanála have contributed to bringing about chronic levels of uncertainty for many workers and contractors involved in peat harvesting. These workers are not just in Bord na Móna and the ESB; they are also in parts of the horticultural sector. The just transition commissioner, Mr. Kieran Mulvey, notes...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: It makes no sense for peat to be imported, as Deputy Browne said. I received figures from the Department of the Taoiseach showing that €3.5 million worth of peat was imported into this country last year. We have workers who lost their jobs during a global pandemic. It is not right. Some 17,000 jobs, or more, are at risk. The midlands are suffering adversely. The Minister needs to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Bord na Móna (15 Jul 2020)

Carol Nolan: ...context of a just transition process that is being escalated. It is an unfair transition - it is not just. This question is also being asked in the context of Bord na Móna's decision to suspend all peat harvesting for 2020. There is significant concern around the impact on employment that these two realities have. I call on the Minister and this Government to support Bord na...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (30 Jun 2020)

Carol Nolan: .... To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an analysis has been conducted on the impact on the horticultural sector following a decision by Bord na Móna decision to suspend all peat harvesting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13016/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition Fund (7 Jul 2020)

Carol Nolan: 71. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if it is his policy to completely phase out the extraction of peat over the coming years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14438/20]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Peat Products Import Data (17 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: 2. To ask the Taoiseach the amount of peat products imported in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021. [8117/21]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Peat Products Import Data (17 Feb 2021)

Carol Nolan: 3. To ask the Taoiseach the amount of peat products exported in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021. [8118/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Horticulture Sector (15 Nov 2022)

Carol Nolan: 292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the measures his Department is taking to support alternative sources of peat for the horticultural sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56660/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (15 Nov 2022)

Carol Nolan: 624. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the measures that his Department is taking to support alternative sources of peat for the horticultural sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56661/22]