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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Policy (3 Jun 2020)

Michael Creed: ....  Such measures could reward action to increase carbon sequestration on farms, for example, by encouraging sustainable management practices to reduce carbon loss from land.  Ireland has an abundance of peat based soils, much of which are a net source of carbon emissions at present. The development of effective measures of this nature would require the establishment of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (17 Dec 2019)

Michael Creed: ...in attendance in investing in the Fund.    Furthermore, my colleague Richard Bruton TD, Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment and I recently  announced that Coillte Nature and Bord na Móna are collaborating on a new project which will see bogs that are no longer being used for peat production transformed into rich...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (12 Dec 2019)

Michael Creed: ...Bruton TD, Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment and I recently announced that Coillte Nature and Bord na Móna are collaborating on a new project which will see bogs that are no longer being used for peat production, transformed into rich native woodlands. Following on from this, we plan to actively engage with other public bodies in the near future to encourage...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Council Meeting: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (10 Dec 2019)

Michael Creed: ...for those who wish to take them. I am aware of the Bord na Móna interest in aquaculture opportunities and there is great potential in those former Bord na Móna lands no longer subject to peat harvesting. Deputy Corcoran Kennedy is aware that my Department has endeavoured in the past while to clear the backlog of aquaculture licence applications. That has been a complicated...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (28 Nov 2019)

Michael Creed: My Department recognises wetlands and peat soils as an important carbon pool in the Irish landscape. Reducing emissions by water table manipulation has the potential to significantly reduce GHG emissions from these soils and is a means to positively contribute to our climate change mitigation ambitions. This is an important part of Agriculture's contribution to the emission reductions and is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Action Plan (27 Nov 2019)

Michael Creed: My Department recognises wetlands and peat soils as an important carbon pool in the Irish landscape. Reducing emissions by water table manipulation has the potential to significantly reduce GHG emissions from these soils and is a means to positively contribute to our climate change mitigation ambitions. This is an important part of Agriculture's contribution to the emission reductions and is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Data (27 Nov 2019)

Michael Creed: ...TD, Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment and I announced that Coillte Nature and Bord na Móna are collaborating on a new project which will see bogs that are no longer being used for peat production, transformed into rich native woodlands. This initiative will see approximately 3 million native trees being established, mainly through the direct seeding method,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Grants (24 Oct 2019)

Michael Creed: ...is hydrologically connected to the River Moy SAC, which is an important SAC for salmon, among other species.  My Department’s Ecologist is also reviewing the application and will consider the SAC and the peat soils found on site, along with any possible effects that may occur during the full rotation on water quality.  It is likely that a Natura Impact Statement (NIS)...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: National Raised Bog Management Plan (22 Oct 2019)

Michael Creed: My Department recognises wetlands and peat soils as an important carbon pool in the Irish landscape. Reducing emissions by water table manipulation has the potential to significantly reduce GHG emissions from these soils and is a means to positively contribute to our climate change mitigation ambitions. This is an important part of Agriculture's contribution to the emission reductions and is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Budget 2020 (15 Oct 2019)

Michael Creed: ...Building on the success of our locally-led environmental schemes through the Rural Development Programme, some of this fund will be used to fund a call for a new pilot EIP scheme on reduced management of farmed peat-land. My Department will issue a call for proposals in due course. This is designed to increase carbon sequestration and contribute to meeting our commitments as part the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (10 Oct 2019)

Michael Creed: ...our commitments under the Climate Action Plan. My Department published a paper in 2010 through the Council for Forestry Research and Development, COFORD, called “The greenhouse gas balance of peatland forests”. This paper highlighted the dynamics at play with regard to peatlands and peatland forests and their capacity to both emit carbon while also acting as an important...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (3 Jul 2019)

Michael Creed: ...is restricted to organic soils not reported under net afforestation, forest management, cropland management and grassland management. This hierarchy restricts WDR in many cases to former or active peat extraction areas, degraded near-natural areas or otherwise abandoned organic soils. As a result, these come under the responsibility of the National Parks and Wildlife services and Bord Na...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Penalties (1 May 2018)

Michael Creed: ...Birds. This resulted in a 20% penalty being applied against the Direct Payments Schemes and other EU funded schemes, where applicable. The breaches identified related to the removal of the peat/topsoil layer from a designated hen harrier site. Prior approval of the NPWS to undertake works on such a designated site is required and in this case no written confirmation that such prior...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Issues (16 Sep 2016)

Michael Creed: ...been completed, the best projects will be selected and offered a budget to implement their proposals on the ground. Proposals will be specifically invited for projects addressing the conservation of upland peats. As soon as the required EU approval has issued, my Department will begin to roll-out these additional schemes.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Michael Creed: If burning peat is an activity that is being phased out, the use of an alternative fuel source that is compatible with our climate change objectives and so on could work. It is under active consideration in the Department.

Forestry Sector (26 May 2010)

Michael Creed: ..., and for want of a better term the tops and tails of the forestry product, which is now winding its way to Medite may well be redirected into bio-mass, in particular as a replacement fuel in peat burning stations. That has real consequences for the long-term viability of the plant in Clonmel. The law of unintended consequences applies in this case. I urge the Minister of State to be...