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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Heritage Sites (15 Nov 2023)

Dara Calleary: ...maintenance and works for the protection of monuments in its care. As the Senator referenced, in 1984, a major prehistoric trackway of large oak planks was discovered during a Bord na Móna peat harvesting operation at Corlea. Wood samples from Corlea subjected to tree ring analysis indicated a felling date of 148 B.C., thus dating the track back to the early Iron Age. This track was...

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

Dara Calleary: ...between nature, food, fisheries, agriculture, climate, energy and transport policies at Union level. I will try to address the specific concerns raised in the motion. The restoration of habitats, particularly drained agricultural peatlands, is of concern to farmers. However, restoration does not necessarily mean the cessation of current land use. Rather, it is an opportunity to work...

Regional Airports and Aviation: Statements (17 Jun 2021)

Dara Calleary: ...We have a fine track record in aircraft leasing. That continues with some of the major international players still operating here on the foundations established many years ago through Guinness Peat Aviation, GPA. We have a fine transport aviation sector in our airlines and regional airport network. We need to get them through this. I am convinced that if the Minister of State and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (29 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: The extent of any commercial impact on the horticulture sector arising from a decision by Bord na Mona to suspend all peat harvesting will depend initially on the level of domestic stocks of horticultural peat on hand, alternative suppliers of peat and the development of alternative growing mediums. My Department is participating in a cross-departmental working group led by the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (28 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: The extent of any commercial impact on the horticulture sector arising from a decision by Bord na Mona to suspend all peat harvesting will depend initially on the level of domestic stocks of horticultural peat on hand, alternative suppliers of peat and the development of alternative growing mediums. The amenity and soft fruit sectors are the most reliant on milled horticulture grade...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Schemes (28 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: My Department is currently developing an open call which will be seeking proposals for the development and implementation of an EIP Locally-Led Pilot Scheme targeting climate action on peat soils. This will build on our successful range of locally-led schemes already in operation. The scheme will have the objective of reducing emissions from peat lands under agricultural management and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Strategic Plan: Bord na Móna (9 Jun 2015)

Dara Calleary: ...Bord na Móna has good title of all the lands it has around the country? Many of the holdings were based on commonage and the land was given to Bord na Móna for the specific reason of harvesting peat back in the 1940s and 1950s. Does Bord na Móna receive EU payments under CAP?