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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Horticulture Sector (24 Feb 2022)

Martin Kenny: ...to go through the EPA process, the planning process and possible judicial reviews, etc. It simply will not work. There is recognition by everyone in the industry, from the people who provide the peat and from the industry in the horticultural sector that requires the peat. This is also particularly the case for the mushroom industry, which is one of the key industries that is suffering...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Horticulture Sector (24 Feb 2022)

Martin Kenny: ...not work, should not work and cannot continue. That is beyond what we are talking about here. Really, what we are talking about here is an emergency situation. The people who want to provide the peat, as well as the people who need the peat, are being prohibited from doing so by the strict adherence to this particular legislation. The Minister needs to come up with a solution and to be...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Horticulture Sector (24 Feb 2022)

Martin Kenny: ...for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the engagements he had with stakeholders that informed the contribution of his Department to the working paper to address challenges related to peat supply in the horticulture sector. [10362/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Horticulture Sector (24 Feb 2022)

Martin Kenny: I want to ask the Minister about the peat extraction situation, particularly for the horticultural industry. The horticulture industry in Ireland is worth almost €500 million and employs more than 12,000 people and yet they have an issue where the growing medium, which they require to have and sustain this industry, is under serious threat. There was a report from the working group...

Common Agricultural Policy Reform: Motion [Private Members] (22 Apr 2021)

Martin Kenny: ...country. Various pilot schemes were done from the Burren right up to Donegal. We understand that what needs to happen is that farmers cannot have a section of land of this nature, particularly peat lands, designated. We cannot have that land being set aside as separate and different and not being considered as agricultural land. If this is done under a derogation then that can be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Apr 2019)

Martin Kenny: ...to engage in solar panel installation on all farm buildings throughout the country. There is no reason the Government cannot provide assistance to allow this to happen. On the maintenance of peatlands, bogs and mountain uplands, I agree that the model used in the Burren can be extended to other areas. On the concept of new sectors of farming and farmers diversifying into growing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Issues specific to the Agriculture, Food and Marine Sectors: Discussion (13 Feb 2018)

Martin Kenny: ...method. We see biogas anaerobic digestion plants in many countries. Could they be part of a solution, with the agreement of the communities living near to where they are proposed? There is a peat-burning station in Lanesborough and the ambition is to turn it into a biomass station and to import biomass from America for this purpose. That seems to be a flawed way of looking to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2017)

Martin Kenny: ...? Another option that was also mentioned was biomass. Deputy Cahill is quite correct to raise the ridiculousness of the idea of importing biomass from other countries to fuel what used to be our peat stations. People with marginal land must have the option to grow some of this biomass, which would be a shorter-term crop that can be grown and harvested and which will give employment and...

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (18 Oct 2016)

Martin Kenny: ..., mainly in the midlands, over many decades. Bord na Móna destroyed more bog in a couple of years than Irish people cutting turf for their own use have done over centuries. I am not just talking about turf cutting but peat milling. Across entire areas of the midlands, there are massive areas of bog where peat was milled. Bord na Móna took the surface of the bog away, piled it...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Martin Kenny: I understand power stations are to move away from burning peat. For example, I believe the peat-burning power station in Lanesborough will shift to using biomass in the long term.