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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of the Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (7 Dec 2023)

Simon Coveney: ...security concerns. Many people, including me, would like to have moved away from coal earlier at Moneypoint but the energy security reality has not allowed us to do that. We have moved away from peat, which has been a difficult transition for many people who were employed in that sector. We will move away from coal and, ultimately, we will move away from gas, but we have to do it in a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: ...in terms of the just transition and human rights as part of the climate challenge we face. We are trying to focus on the just transition. She has seen us trying to do that in the context of peat in the midlands. We have put a just transition fund in place to make sure we can invest in and support communities that are impacted by the changes brought about by no longer using peat as a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2019)

Simon Coveney: ...to defer its return to service for three months to address an environmental issue linked with an Environmental Protection Agency licence. As a result, Lough Ree Power Station does not require peat supplies from Bord na Móna. This impacts on the Mount Dillon bog which is also located in County Longford. Bord na Móna has been left with no choice, therefore, but to cease all...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2019)

Simon Coveney: ...of which is available from the Government, we will work with Bord na Móna, those who work in it and their families in the transition which needs to happen throughout the midlands to move away from peat as a power source and perhaps use it for many other things, as outlined in the climate strategy. The State will support the efforts of the company and its workforce in the years ahead.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Oct 2018)

Simon Coveney: ...same time, he is advocating for burning turf. For me, that is a contradiction. In Bord na Móna, we have a State company we are very proud of. It has committed to moving away from a reliance on peat and turf as a source of power generation over time. It is working with its staff to ensure that Bord na Móna pursues other avenues to replace the employment potential that has been...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Bord na Móna (1 Jun 2017)

Simon Coveney: As I indicated to the Deputy in my reply to Question Nos. 278 and 281 of 23 May 2017, under the proposed new consent system for large-scale peat extraction, the Environmental Protection Agency will be required to carry out an environmental impact assessment as part of its examination of applications for licences to commence peat extraction of 30 hectares or more on or...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (30 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: ...to Question No. 145 of 18 May 2017, draft Regulations under the European Communities Act 1972 are currently being progressed relating to the establishment of a new consent system for large-scale peat extraction. These draft Regulations have been the subject of detailed and focused stakeholder input from relevant Government Departments, State bodies, industry representatives and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Bord na Móna (23 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: ...Nos. 278 and 281 together. My Department is currently progressing draft Regulations under the European Communities Act 1972 that will establish a new regulatory regime in respect of large-scale peat extraction.  Under the new regime, the Environmental Protection Agency will be required to carry out an environmental impact assessment as part of its examination of applications for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (18 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: My Department is currently progressing draft Regulations under the European Communities Act 1972 that will establish a new regulatory regime for large-scale peat extraction. Under the new regime, the Environmental Protection Agency will be required to carry out an environmental impact assessment as part of its examination of licence applications for existing and new peat extraction of 30...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Turf Cutting (16 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: My Department is currently reviewing draft Regulations under the European Communities Act 1972, which will establish a new regulatory regime in respect of large-scale peat extraction.  In light of comments received during consultations with interested parties and stakeholders, I expect that these Regulations will be finalised by the end of June.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Turf Cutting (11 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: My Department is currently progressing draft Regulations under the European Communities Act 1972 that will establish a new regulatory regime in respect of large-scale peat extraction. Under the new regime, the Environmental Protection Agency will be required to carry out an environmental impact assessment as part of its examination of licence applications for existing and new peat extraction...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Turf Cutting (7 Mar 2017)

Simon Coveney: My Department is currently progressing draft Regulations under the European Communities Act 1972 that will establish a new regulatory regime in respect of large-scale peat extraction. Under the new regime, the Environmental Protection Agency will be required to carry out an environmental impact assessment as part of its examination of licence applications for existing and new peat extraction...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Departmental Legal Cases (28 Feb 2017)

Simon Coveney: Neither the State, nor I as Minister, is a party to any current Court case involving a judicial review relating to peat extraction and planning legislation. I am not, therefore, in a position to indicate the present status of any specific such case.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheepmeat Sector (28 Jan 2016)

Simon Coveney: ...have already been received and work is progressing on other schemes which will be included under the Locally-Led umbrella later in 2016 and 2017. Freshwater pearl mussel catchments, hen harrier habitats and peat uplands have all been identified as candidates for support. Other candidates will emerge from a competitive process which will be announced towards the end of 2016. However, it...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme (8 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: ...have already been sought, and work is progressing on other schemes which will be included under the Locally-Led umbrella later in 2016 and 2017. Freshwater pearl mussel catchments, hen harrier habitats and peat uplands have all been identified as candidates for support. Other candidates will emerge from a competitive process which will be announced in 2016, and a scheme for the Shannon...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Eligibility (10 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: ...environmental condition, which can be achieved by carrying out farming practices such as grazing or by topping the land. Bogland in Ireland ranges from raised bog in lower elevations to blanket peat at higher elevations. In the main raised bog is not eligible land as it is traditionally not used or suitable to carry out a traditional farming activity such as the rearing of animals. On...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Direct Payment Scheme Eligibility (5 Nov 2013)

Simon Coveney: ...can be monitored at National level and is therefore unlikely to affect individual livestock farmers. There is also an obligation on Member States to designate environmentally sensitive permanent grasslands, such as peat and wetlands, situated in areas covered by the Natura Directive and farmers will be prevented from ploughing such areas. It is most unlikely that such areas in Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Renewable Energy Generation (17 Oct 2012)

Simon Coveney: ...SEAI in relation to renewable energy targets depend on a range of assumptions about the future, including demand projections, the impact of energy efficiency policy and the extent of co-firing in peat powered stations. In this context the SEAI has stated that the outcome of their analysis is a scenario rather than a forecast. For example, one such scenario developed in the SEAI...

Written Answers — Forestry Sector: Forestry Sector (21 Mar 2012)

Simon Coveney: ...regarding the suitability of the site from a silvicultural, productivity and environmental perspective. Certain sites are less suited for forestry. Poorer quality site types are predominantly peat and are often characterised by poor fertility, high elevation and constrained by poor access, wind stability issues and high fire risk. These poor site types are also very sensitive from an...

Written Answers — Forestry Sector: Forestry Sector (14 Mar 2012)

Simon Coveney: ...environmental impact of the project on water quality, nature conservation, archaeology and landscape. Certain sites are less suited for forestry. Poorer quality site types are predominantly peat and are often characterised by poor fertility, high elevation and constrained by poor access, wind stability issues, high fire risk, etc. These poor site types are also very sensitive from an...