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Support for Household Energy Bills: Motion [Private Members] (3 May 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: ..., putting thousands of workers and families in even more financial hardship during a raging cost-of-living crisis; regrets that: — on 1st May, the Government have again chosen to increase the carbon tax, which has increased the cost of home heating oil, peat briquettes and natural gas for household use for workers and families; — the Government have prioritised the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sequestration and Land Management-Nature Restoration: Discussion (15 Nov 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: I also wanted to ask about the emissions from sitka spruce on peat soils, which the witnesses have highlighted. Last week we had proposals around encouraging increased afforestation. Is there a risk that the bad practices of the present and past will be continued in the medium term while we try to identify lands and categorise and identify areas for appropriate crops? Related to that, and...

Regulations for the Sale and Distribution of Turf: Motion [Private Members] (5 May 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: ...the Government's policies are missing that key just transition element and that is a choice and decision of the Government. The midlands was the first major area promised a just transition as the peat-burning power stations were wound down. Unfortunately, jobs, reskilling and investment have not materialised and communities feel left behind. They feel they were sold a pup because they...

National Standards Authority of Ireland (Carbon Footprint Labelling) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Nov 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: ...I am concerned in another respect. There is lots that could be done at European level. Some of what this Bill could deliver is, for example, an assessment of the carbon labelling of mushrooms grown on Irish peat versus international horticultural peat. Similarly, there is the comparison between Irish beef and Brazilian beef. That is an important contribution it could make. The...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jun 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: ...are those who would point to what they see as contradictions within decisions that have been made about our response to climate change, whether in one sector or another. I mention as an example the importation of peat from the Balkans or Germany at a time when restrictions are in place here. We must be sure there is an adequate economic, social, financial and rural impact assessment of...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (21 Apr 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: ...and should be leaders in this field. Workers in Bord na Móna and the midlands, by comparison, have been failed miserably by successive governments. They have been sold a green pup or a climate pup. As peat production winds up in the midlands, we need government intervention and financial support to ensure workers there are supported with new training and new opportunities. That...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Generation (24 Nov 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: 330. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a recent peat slippage near a windfarm (details supplied) in County Donegal; the way in which this will be investigated and addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37840/20]