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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (20 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...to favourable conservation status. This is done by restoring the water table to a level where the bog is wet enough to support the growth of sphagnum moss, which assists in the formation of peat. It is important to note that the restoration of peatlands, including bogs, at an adequate scale can help reduce flooding in their catchments, as their capacity to hold water and release it...

Nature Restoration Law: Statements (7 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: .... This includes at national, regional or sectoral levels. The Government is confident that the 2030 and 2040 rewetting targets, at a minimum, can be met entirely on State lands. This is worth repeating: we are confident that the 2030 and 2040 targets can be met on State lands. More analysis is needed to establish how far we can go towards the 2050 rewetting targets on public land. It...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: EU Regulations (7 Dec 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: .... If the Regulation is approved, Member States will then need to develop and implement National Restoration Plans. The proposed Regulation provides that restoration targets relating to drained peatlands, including rewetting, can be achieved across a range of areas including former industrial peat extraction sites and other drained peatlands. In Ireland, this means that the targets set...

Nature Restoration Law: Motion [Private Members] (5 Jul 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: ...that it is not the Government's intention to cause division by tabling a countermotion. I really appreciate the constructive engagement the Deputy has consistently shown down the years with the peatlands in particular. I thank Deputy Harkin as well for tabling this. We need unity on this across the House. I have had good engagement over the weekend with most of our MEPs. I have not...

Forestry Strategy: Statements (26 Jan 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: ...in the forestry strategy for nature, and I welcome the provisions to expand substantially the native woodland cover, ensure more diverse mixes of species, address legacy impacts, restore afforested peatlands and support closer to nature forest management. We have work to do across government to ensure robust ecological assessment procedures to safeguard habitats and species of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Environmental Policy (1 Dec 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: ...of soil-based emissions is important to deliver the reductions in the overall carbon balance and the Department has delivered several projects to address knowledge deficits in this area. The RePEAT project will help to accurately identify the extent of organic soils under agricultural management while investment in European innovation projects in the midlands will seek to develop a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Horticulture Sector (15 Nov 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: ...who has responsibility for Horticulture at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, published the series of actions developed to support Irish horticultural growers who are dependent on peat. The Working Paper setting out the Series of Actions can be found at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/publication/39315-working-paper-to-address-cha...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: ...projects like that is also an enforcement matter on which I cannot comment. Comments were made by Senator Higgins regarding other elements that could impact negatively on the environment such as peat extraction and forestry. As an aside to this, the Attorney General is involved in a review of the Planning and Development Act 2000. The Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, has initiated a...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Bord na Móna (7 Apr 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: It is good to get a question relating to my Department. I will set out the vision of Ireland's national peatlands strategy, which is "to provide a long-term framework within which all of the peatlands within the State can be managed responsibly in order to optimise their social, environmental and economic contribution to the well-being of this and future generations". The strategy sets out...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Horticulture Sector (10 Mar 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The Working Group referred to by the Deputy, was established following a series of High Court decisions which determined that large-scale peat harvesting requires planning permission and licensing by the Environmental Protection Agency. The Working Group was tasked in particular with examining the potential of alternatives to peat for the horticultural industry. Following on from the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Bord na Móna (3 Mar 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The Enhanced Decommissioning Rehabilitation and Restoration Scheme (EDRRS) approved by the Government in November 2020 encompasses work on approximately 33,000 hectares of Bord na Móna peatlands previously harvested for peat extraction for electricity generation. €108 million National Recovery and Resilience funding for the project has been approved for this large-scale peatlands...

Seanad: Horticultural Peat (Temporary Measures) Bill 2021: Second Stage (30 Nov 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: ...the House outline the challenges facing the sector. It is a sector that I worked in for many years as a landscape gardener and one that I truly value, but as an environmentalist, I also value our peatlands. To respond to Senator Doherty, who introduced the Bill and opened the debate, nobody is against fixing this. We are all in favour of fixing it. We have advice from the Office of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Horticulture Sector (30 Nov 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: My statutory remit and responsibility as Minister does not include regulation of the harvesting or supply of horticultural peat. However, to assist in addressing the important issues around horticultural peat for domestic purposes, I set up an Independent Working Group under the Chair of Dr. Munoo Prasad. The potential of alternatives to the use of peat moss in the horticultural industry was...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Wind Energy Guidelines (25 Nov 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: ...or locations in the local development plan where wind farm development may be considered, as well as in subsequently determining applications for planning permissions. It is acknowledged that peatlands, in particular, can be damaged by the inappropriate siting of wind energy developments on associated infrastructure, including the construction of new or improved access roads....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Wind Energy Guidelines (25 Nov 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: ...a number of key aspects, including visual amenities, setback distances, sound or noise, shadow flicker, community obligations and dividends and grid connections. However, having regard to the peat slide incidents mentioned, consideration will be given to the possibility of further strengthening the provisions and guidelines relating to peatlands, with a view to ensuring, insofar as is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Bodies (23 Nov 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: My statutory remit and responsibility as Minister does not include regulation of the harvesting or supply of horticultural peat. However, to assist in addressing the important issues around horticultural peat for domestic purposes, I set up an Independent Working Group under the Chair of Dr. Munoo Prasad. The potential of alternatives to the use of peat moss in the horticultural industry was...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Horticulture Sector (18 Nov 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: My statutory remit and responsibility as Minister does not include regulation of the harvesting or supply of horticultural peat. However, to assist in addressing the important issues around horticultural peat for domestic purposes, I set up an Independent Working Group under the Chair of Dr. Munoo Prasad. The potential of alternatives to the use of peat moss in the horticultural industry was...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Nov 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I am happy to take that question from the Deputy. The report from the horticultural peat working group has been sent to me and I have sent it on to the relevant Ministers. A number of recommendations will go to Government for consideration. I will not get into the detail of these here today but I welcome the work that has been put into this and it does offer some possible solutions. As I...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Reports (11 Nov 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: My statutory remit and responsibility as Minister does not include regulation of the harvesting or supply of horticultural peat. However, to assist in addressing the important issues around horticultural peat for domestic purposes, I set up an Independent Working Group under the Chair of Dr. Munoo Prasad. The potential of alternatives to the use of peat moss in the horticultural industry was...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Horticulture Sector (4 Nov 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: My statutory remit and responsibility as Minister does not include regulation of the harvesting or supply of horticultural peat. However, to assist in addressing the important issues around horticultural peat for domestic purposes, I set up an Independent Working Group under the Chair of Dr. Munoo Prasad. The potential of alternatives to the use of peat moss in the horticultural industry was...