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Post-European Council: Statements (16 Nov 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...for them was that the 64% renewables on their bill is being charged at the gas price rate, that is, the highest rate. Whether a company is providing its electricity from gas, coal, briquettes peat, oil, wind or solar, customers are being charged at the highest rate by whoever produces the power. The Rural Independent Group brought this forward. Some 12 months ago we raised the crisis...

Energy Regulations: Motion [Private Members] (16 Nov 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...funds to final customers in a targeted manner; — note that the regulation outlines a maximum cap on market revenues of €180 ($180) per MWh for producers and intermediaries generating electricity from wind, solar, geothermal, hydropower, biomass fuel, waste, nuclear energy, lignite, crude petroleum products and peat; — accept that the cap is one of the best ways to...

Development (Emergency Electricity Generation) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Oct 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...the house warm for their family and their grandchildren. It is not even November yet and this is what they are doing. What has the Minister done during his term? He closed down Bord na Móna and our peat plants. Now, we are going to pour concrete into the pipeline off Kinsale to make sure we have no alternatives in this country. The Minister said, "I will tell you what I am...

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: .... The average time to get a house retrofitted in Ireland is 28 months. I am sure he can work out what that is in years. A total of 30 tonnes of bark mulch came in from Australia to Foynes to be burned in peat burners in Ferbane. Coal is being brought from Russia to Moneypoint and turf is being brought from Poland. We are doing things in a way that is creating carbon emissions across...

Security of Electricity Supply: Motion [Private Members] (15 Sep 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: The cracks are showing, are they not? I see the Minister's party colleagues are on radio saying that they believe the peat plants should be opened up again to provide power for the people who put them here to protect them. We all want to protect the environment and the universe but we put our people first and we work for the future. What the Minister has done to the people of Ireland is...

EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (28 Jun 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...and all the produce that came to this agricultural show were petrol and diesel vehicles. They have no alternative and if they had, they could not afford it. What does the Government do? It bans peat harvesting and extraction of energy sources. Where is its plan for alternatives? Lots of talk but no action; there is no surprise there. Ireland is an island surrounded by water yet...

Climate Action Plan 2021: Statements (23 Nov 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: .... Governments in other countries have capped the massive increases in the price of fuel due to inflation. Depriving people of their livelihoods is not the answer. The Government's answer was to close the peat factories and now we are importing peat. There are other cases of the Government closing down different situations and importing stuff into the country. The Green Party is a...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Forestry Sector (9 Nov 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: .... Yet, it costs them between €3,000 and €12,000, depending on the plantation. Currently, it is costing the taxpayer millions of euro to try to eradicate Chinese knotweed. We are now importing peat from anywhere and everywhere. Bark beetle in pine trees is rampant in Scotland. This was under the Minister’s watch. The then Government was told in 2009. In 2011,...

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

Richard O'Donoghue: I raised this issue about peat last week and about straw being put back into the ground by farmers. 1 o’clock They were relying on peat for bedding and now, because of the legislation the Government is trying to introduce to require farmers to put the straw back into the ground, additional pressure will be put on them. The last two speakers are 100% correct. This all goes back...

Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements (17 Feb 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...to dairy farming this year. This has a knock-on effect on the production of straw. Farmers are being asked to mulch straw back into the soil and are competing with mushroom growers who have no access to peat. At the same time, EU regulations are demanding that the national herd is reduced by 5%. All of these things have knock-on effects. There must be a market and means for...