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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (25 Oct 2022) See 1 other result from this answer

Matt Carthy: 127. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made in implementing the working paper to address challenges related to peat supply in the horticultural sector; and his proposals to ensure an adequate supply of horticultural peat to the mushroom sector. [53091/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...land, a number of studies supported the position that habitat types associated with unenclosed land are more environmentally sensitive than enclosed land. Furthermore, recent research on forestry on peats indicates that these forests can be a source of carbon dioxide. As the Deputy may be aware, the draft Forest Strategy Implementation Plan which includes the next Forestry Programme...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Youth Perspectives on the Circular Economy and COP27, including Climate Justice and Energy: Discussion (21 Oct 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: ...period of time. We have seen that in the way bogs have been treated. I can see the value in turbary rights over many years but turbary rights are not the same as having 1.5 million tonnes of peat extracted and sold or exported, which is what we had over a very small number of years in Ireland. I see it as a disservice to rural communities and young people in rural communities because...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (Resumed) (19 Oct 2022)

Joe Flaherty: ...if the rain fell on him. The Minister and everybody in the House is well aware that the midlands has paid a massive price with the escalation of decarbonisation and the forced closure of two peat-generated power plants and the Bord na Móna peat harvesting operation. It would be a terrible and further slight on the people of Longford if the former power station in Lanesborough was...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (19 Oct 2022) See 1 other result from this answer

Matt Carthy: 290. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the progress made in implementing the actions of the working paper to address challenges related to peat supply in the horticulture sector by timeframe, short, medium and long-term in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52143/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Nature Restoration Target and General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Oct 2022) See 3 other results from this debate

Mr. John Enright: To come back to Deputy Fitzmaurice, I certainly agree with him that this is a grab you by the neck effort. There is no doubt about that. On the first comment on peat soils, people have this impression that peat soils are non-productive. We have members milking cows, finishing cattle and sheep and growing tillage crops on peat soils. People do not realise that. They are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-level Policy Response to Current Energy Security Issues: Discussion (19 Oct 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Robert Troy: ...questions. Considering our dependency on fossil fuels is at 86% and 75% of that is imported, will either of the witnesses indicate, at the time Ireland was permitted to use industrially harvested peat, what percentage of our energy was derived from our peat power stations? Energy security for Ireland, as both speakers have been at pains to say, cannot be dealt with in isolation. It is...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Oct 2022) See 2 other results from this debate

Victor Boyhan: ...Senator Seery Kearney and the Leader for it. I wish Senator Gallagher well. It is great to see him in the Leader's chair and I wish him well with that. Yesterday we had a heated debate about peat. I will not go into it now. Suffice it to say the Acting Leader has been very active in it in terms of horticulture. It was a very heated debate. I advised the people from the...

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: ...in the coming months, they will simply have to cease operations. I am dealing with a mushroom producer. This industry is facing one issue after another, from the lack of availability of peat to the substantial increases in the cost of energy. The lack of availability of labour is now putting businesses in jeopardy. Some horticultural producers, especially in the mushroom industry,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022) See 37 other results from this debate

Jackie Cahill: I remind all witnesses, members and those in the Gallery to turn off their mobile phones. Today's meeting is the continued examination of the horticultural peat supply. The committee will hear from representatives of Growing Media Ireland, the Commercial Mushroom Producers Co-operative Society Limited and the Kildare Growers Group. The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage...

Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Carol Nolan: ...we need flexibility and common sense the most. It is like throwing a heavy weight to a drowning person instead of a rope. Burden after burden is imposed on the Irish people. Regulations on the banning of heat and energy sources such as peat, and even wood, are being pursued with reckless vigour with little thought for people who are struggling to heat their homes this winter, despite...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Sales (11 Oct 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: Revenue has responsibility for administering and enforcing Solid Fuel Carbon Tax (SFCT) which applies to coal, peat, and peat products when they are first supplied in the State. There is no differentiation between different types of coal with regard to the rate of SFCT that applies. This means that smokeless, low smoke, and smoky coal all attract the same SFCT rate, currently €107.98...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: ...meeting, which has been a long session. The next public meeting of this committee will take place on Wednesday, 12 October at 5.30 p.m., when the committee will continue its examination of the peat supply in the horticulture sector. As there is no further business, the meeting now stands adjourned.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2022)

Leo Varadkar: ...is why keeping Derrybrien online is not particularly useful in terms of the energy crunch we face. Lanesborough and Shannonbridge created a lot of employment in the midlands for a long time but peat, by its nature, did not produce an awful lot of energy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Nature Restoration Target: COPA-COGECA (5 Oct 2022) See 13 other results from this debate

Mr. Niall Curley: For peat, it will mean rewetting to a certain extent 35% by 2050 and restoring 70% by 2050. Based on the annexes to the documents, restoration basically means rewetting. They do not give examples of measures other than rewetting to a certain extent. It does not mention what level, but rewetting is the main aim. The Commission made no distinction between restoration and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Departmental Funding (4 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...landslide occurred on Shass Mountain, which is close to the village of Drumkeeran, on 28 June 2020 following heavy rain. An area of blanket bog and adjacent forestry moved downhill with liquified peat, vegetation and trees. Some of the landslide material was held at the Dawn of Hope bridge close to the origin of the landslide. However, a quantity of material overflowed the bridge and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Agriculture Industry (4 Oct 2022)

Michael McGrath: ...the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine for Green Agricultural Pilots. This additional funding was allocated to enable the establishment of pilot, locally-led schemes targeting climate action on peat soils under agricultural management. In Budget 2021 €20m in additional funding was allocated for the creation of pilot environmental programmes. This was supplemented...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (4 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Government remains committed to a just transition in the Midlands region and has dedicated significant funding to supporting workers, companies and communities affected by the closure of the peat-fired power stations and the end of peat extraction by Bord na Móna.56 National Just Transition Fund projects have entered into a grant agreement with my Department, with €22.1 million in...

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Budget Statement 2023 (27 Sep 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Carol Nolan: ...the extension of eligibility for fuel allowance. Fuel poverty is real and should shame us as a so-called First World developed nation. Why has there again been no shift with regard to our approach to peat or reclaiming bogs as indigenous sources of fuel and energy for our power plants that were shuttered by a short-sighted and rigid approach which I completely opposed at the very...

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