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- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (29 Nov 2022)
Sorca Clarke: 798. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the effects the continued shortage of peat is having on the mushroom and horticulture sectors; and the measures his Department is implementing to support these sectors. [59552/22]
- Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petitions on Unauthorised Developments (9 Dec 2021)
Sorca Clarke: Will Mr. O'Sullivan express an opinion on this? Under section 157(4)(aa) of the relevant planning Act enforcement action may be taken against unauthorised quarrying and unauthorised peat extraction at any time. Is there merit in examining the widening of this to include our lakeshores and unauthorised development that could ultimately have a very profound negative impact on special areas of...
- Climate Action: Statements (30 Sep 2021)
Sorca Clarke: ...of northern Europe. The reason they are here is tax breaks, something we have seen today because of Perrigo. To conclude, this is the same constituency where, 30 km down the road, there is a stack of Latvian peat being stored at the edge of a bog.
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Horticulture Sector (29 Sep 2021)
Sorca Clarke: 97. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made by the Multi-Stakeholder Working Group established to examine issues related to the use of peat moss in the horticulture sector. [46902/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fuel Sales (16 Sep 2021)
Sorca Clarke: 167. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to ban the sale of imported peat briquettes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44409/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (14 Jul 2021)
Sorca Clarke: 486. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps his Department has taken to support the horticultural and mushroom sector in response to imminent crisis due to peat shortages. [38628/21]