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Seanad: Annual Transition Statement: Statements (22 Jun 2022)

Paddy Burke: ...this very important topic. I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I know he is very much au fait with this topic. It is sometimes hard to understand what is happening. We were importing peat while at the same time producing peat for export, although that was shut down and we are now just importing peat. On the other hand, we were paying very significant fines to Europe in...

Seanad: Peat Harvesting: Statements (13 Oct 2021)

Paddy Burke: ...solve this issue. It is a crisis, as has been said by several speakers. None of us are too far from the rushes or bogs. This is an issue that must be solved. It is ludicrous to be bringing in peat from Latvia, Lithuania and Scotland. As Senator Doherty pointed out, 80% of it is water in some cases. It is an important industry, as has been pointed out, that has 16,000 jobs associated...

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (19 Apr 2012)

Paddy Burke: ...businessman but first and foremost he was an extraordinary salesperson and could sell any project. He could have sold sand to the Arabs. He was involved in seaweed manufacturing, egg production, peat briquettes and national peat power generation. The larger the project the more enthusiastic he became and sold people his ideas. He was a great European and it was a shame that he was...

Seanad: Development of Green Technology: Motion (5 Nov 2008)

Paddy Burke: ...the refusal were as expressed in the White Paper, Delivering a Sustainable Energy Future for Ireland — The Energy Policy Framework 2007 — 2020, which envisages that electricity generation from peat in existing peat burning power stations will reduce over time and, as expressed in the National Climate Change Strategy 2007-2012, supports the co-firing of biomass with peat in existing...