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Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Environment, Climate and Communications - Vote 29 (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021)

Ossian Smyth: ...effect from 2021. In addition, funding is being provided for the reimbursement climate action fund for 2021 for expenditure on the Bord na Móna bog rehabilitation project. The rehabilitation project is being carried out on 33,000 ha of peatlands. The works under the scheme are expected to create 350 jobs in total and will contribute to Ireland's target of being carbon neutral by...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (30 Nov 2021) See 2 other results from this debate

Matt Carthy: It is good to see you back, a Cheann Comhairle. The Taoiseach knows there is a crisis in the horticultural sector as a result of peat shortages. Successive Governments over recent years have allowed that crisis to fester by not preventing the export of peat, not investing in finding alternatives to peat and allowing and forcing companies to import peat from the far side of Europe. The...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Nov 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

Regina Doherty: ...regarding the Sectoral Employment Order (Electrical Contracting Sector) 2021, referral to committee, to be taken on conclusion of No. 1, without debate; No. 3, Private Members' business, Horticultural Peat (Temporary Measures) Bill 2021 - Second Stage, to be taken at 2.45 p.m., and not withstanding anything in standing orders, the proceedings thereon shall adjourn after 90 minutes; No. 4,...

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

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Horticulture Sector (30 Nov 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Matt Carthy: 133. To ask the Taoiseach the quantity of horticulture peat that was exported from Ireland in each of the years 2016-2020 and to date in 2021; the countries of destination and the quantity for each; the proportion of that quantity that was cultivated by Bord na Móna in tabular form. [58845/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Horticulture Sector (30 Nov 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Matt Carthy: 257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to publish the report by the Chairman of the Working Group on Horticulture Peat; his proposals to implement its recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58844/21]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Wind Energy Guidelines (25 Nov 2021) See 3 other results from this debate

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....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2021) See 2 other results from this debate

Pauline O'Reilly: I want to clarify the Green Party's position on a Bill dealing with peat extraction that was tabled on the Order Paper yesterday. Let us be clear about it. That Bill is not consistent with European law. It will face the exact same challenges that were faced by legislation in 2019. It is giving false hope to growers throughout the country that it will resolve issues; it will not. Ten...

Seanad: Companies (Emission Reporting) Bill 2021: Second Stage (24 Nov 2021)

Alice-Mary Higgins: ...saying they cannot comply because what is required is too hard for them, and that they cannot make the changes. It results in the kind of crisis-framing that is being introduced inappropriately on peat and haulage. It is crisis-framing rather than opportunity-framing. I appreciate that the Minister of State has engaged constructively but I urge him to look to how we can move forward on...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Agriculture Industry (24 Nov 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...insane situation. How can two member countries of the EU have totally different rules for this agricultural sector? The Minister of State is well aware of the current scenario concerning peat. I am sure she is ashamed that this Government has shut down Bord na Móna and our own peat processing, meaning that we are now importing peat from Latvia and briquettes from Germany....

Climate Action Plan 2021: Statements (23 Nov 2021) See 3 other results from this debate

Richard O'Donoghue: .... Governments in other countries have capped the massive increases in the price of fuel due to inflation. Depriving people of their livelihoods is not the answer. The Government's answer was to close the peat factories and now we are importing peat. There are other cases of the Government closing down different situations and importing stuff into the country. The Green Party is a...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Nov 2021) See 5 other results from this debate

Victor Boyhan: ...power back to councillors, in this case Dublin city councillors. I commend them and acknowledge them.I note from an email that the Leader and Senator Gallagher are bringing in a Bill in regard to peat and doing a briefing tomorrow. I look forward to attending that briefing. I welcome the recent comments by the Tánaiste, Deputy Varadkar, on the availability of peat in the...

Horticultural Peat (Temporary Measures) Bill 2021: First Stage (23 Nov 2021)

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (23 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ..., experts and industry to share their data-based, technical proposals to support the development of the plan. Over 200 responses were received in relation to this strand, including from the Irish Peatland Conservation Council. The Climate Action Plan recognises the importance of our peatlands to deliver a range of climate benefits. Actions to deliver this potential include:- Restoring and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Bodies (23 Nov 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Carol Nolan: 271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will expedite the publication of the report by the working group on horticultural peat; the measures being adopted by his Department to save the horticulture sector from collapse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57004/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (23 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: ...’s forested area helps to tackle climate change, increases biodiversity and provides sustainable jobs in the rural economy. B.13 Carbon Tax €23m (€20m for REAP and €3m for capital measures focusing on Peat soils) Results Based Environment Agri Pilot Programme (REAP). REAP is an agri-environment pilot project that pays farmers to...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2021) See 2 other results from this debate

Matt Carthy: ...scheme or is he confident that there are measures in place to contain the flu's spread? What precise actions does he believe can be taken? My second question is on the use of horticultural peat, particularly in the mushroom sector. We understand that a report has been with the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, for more than a month now. We have seen some leaks of what might be...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Nov 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

Michael Healy-Rae: ...who want to plant or thin trees or for people who want to build access roads to forestries to take out timber. He has ensured people in the horticultural sector now have to import 4,000 tonnes of peat from Latvia. Some 200 lorries bring it to and from the port every time. The Minister should think of the carbon footprint, because he thought it was a good idea to run out of here one day...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Horticulture Sector (18 Nov 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Martin Browne: 190. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the final report of the working group on the use of peat moss in the horticultural industry will be published; the reason for its delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56820/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains (18 Nov 2021)

Mr. Geoff Knupfer: Unfortunately, it is an enormous area, stretching to the Border. Some of it has been forested over the years, while other sections remain as dug-out peat bog. It is a vast area and we could not search the entire bog. It would be completely impossible.