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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Developing Ireland's Sustainable Transport System: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)

Maire Devine: ...? Is any of it produced in Ireland? If it is and if we want to expand and want to expand operations or if we it is not and if we want to get involved, is there any potential for the areas where peat production has now been shut down? Do we need to take a breather and reconsider electric vehicles? We have thrown all our eggs in one basket and that is what we are telling the public....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Nov 2019)

Maire Devine: ...at the Derrybrien wind farm in Galway and the killing of 50,000 fish in the surrounding region. The State consistently ignored previous rulings of the European Court of Justice. There was a landslide of tons of peat when peat and forest were removed to a depth of 5.5 m to develop the wind turbines.Imagine the removal of that amount of peat and forestry. It would never happen today. Are...

Seanad: Climate Action Plan: Statements (4 Jul 2019)

Maire Devine: ...is no coherent, integrated strategy which we can say with any certainty will yield results. The plans refers to banning the sale of combustion engine cars by 2030, stopping the burning of coal and peat, the increase of carbon tax by 500%, the deep retrofit of 500,000 houses, the shut-down of Moneypoint and the planting of more forestry. These measure sound and are very laudable....

Seanad: Climate Action: Statements (24 Jan 2019)

Maire Devine: ...in pollution reduction. However, it fails to meet its obligations to define clear targets and provide for adequate solutions. The Government has failed to set deadlines for the cessation of peat and coal fired generation of electricity and to provide a clear emission pathway to 2050. It has failed to provide for community based solar initiatives, the reduction of agricultural production...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Dec 2018)

Maire Devine: ...towards the men in the company. I refer to the socioeconomic effects of that, as well as the psychological effect, on the smaller communities around them. In terms of an alternative use for the peatlands that will become free and reclaiming the wet agriculture for forestry, Russia has reclaimed extensive areas of peatland. I accept it may not be a country to compare and contrast with...

Seanad: Annual National Transition Statement on Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (4 Dec 2018)

Maire Devine: .... We have one of the best resources in Europe for offshore wind and we have barely anything in place. Scotland is a country with a similar population and its level of offshore wind is phenomenal. Our peat plants are converting to biomass, but we are not establishing a native biomass industry. Instead we will be importing fuel from across the globe for this industry which is a...

Seanad: Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Second Stage (14 Nov 2018)

Maire Devine: ...are changing.They now want something much more sustainable and environmentally friendly. Climate change affects us all and gives us opportunities, which we need to develop. Bord na Móna is phasing out the cutting of peat and there has been a loss of jobs in Offaly and Laois. The company needs to develop indigenous sources of energy, with locally-grown biomass for electricity...