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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Oct 2021)

Jackie Cahill: On carbon budgets, we have introduced legislation in regard to peat harvesting that has virtually crippled our horticulture industry. Bureaucracy in respect of forestry licences is seriously affecting the level of afforestation. The livestock sector feels under siege, and there are carbon budgets, eco schemes, nitrates reviews and Common Agricultural Policy, CAP, reform. We are going to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Horticulture Sector (7 Oct 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Matt Carthy: 220. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the point at which his attention was drawn to the fact that the report of the working group on horticultural peat would not be furnishing the Minister of State with a completed report by the end of September 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48862/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (7 Oct 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

Gerry Horkan: ...fuel farm was built, the tankers came in, Aeroflot paid for its landing charges in fuel, and fuel was sold to Aer Rianta which sold it on again. Shannon Airport has been incredibly innovative. Guinness Peat Aviation, GPA, was not the ultimate success but it was based at Shannon. Tony Ryan was very insistent on that and he went on to become Mr. Ryanair. Shannon Airport has an enormous...

Energy Prices: Motion [Private Members] (6 Oct 2021) See 2 other results from this debate

Seán Canney: ...A lot of the time, we have knee-jerk reactions to climate action without considering that, when we take out a process, we need another in place to take over. We can see where ceasing production of peat moss for horticulture has led us. Thousands of tonnes of stuff are now being imported every week when we have the very same stuff here but have stopped producing it. Something has gone...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade (5 Oct 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: ..., which came into operation in April 2015. The industry view is that the actions taken have been successful in curtailing fuel fraud. Solid Fuel Carbon Tax (SFCT) is an excise duty that applies to coal and peat when first supplied in the State for use as a fuel. Neither the movement of solid fuel into the State nor the physical presence of solid fuel in the State generate a liability...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Charter Treaty, Energy Security, Liquefied Natural Gas and Data Centres: Discussion (resumed) (5 Oct 2021)

Ms Aoife MacEvilly: The peat plants, when they were in operation, were never competitive in the market. That is why they were supported by the public service obligation, were required to be run on priority dispatch and then required additional payments over and above market prices. It does not seem to be the case that the peat plants would have made a difference. Also, the scale of what...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 (5 Oct 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

...gone through some examples of substitute consent. Effectively, when the legislation was first enacted, the vast majority of the cases related to quarries. It is very varied at the moment. We have examples. Peat harvesting has come through as one in the past year and there has been a number of peat cases. Bord na Móna, for example, put through seven or eight applications, but it...

Climate Action: Statements (30 Sep 2021) See 6 other results from this debate

Mattie McGrath: ...asked to have Lanesborough and Shannonbridge reactivated. I am told that the plant in Lanesborough has been taken down, been exported to Germany and has been recommissioned there in. We are importing peat as well. The poor people out there are just devastated. The Government parties think that they can fleece them on the price of food. How are we going to get a tractor that is driven...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

Leo Varadkar: ...will avoid blackouts and brownouts this winter, but nobody can guarantee it for certain because there are certain factors that are outside of our control. It is important to point out that the peat power stations in the midlands were not closed as a consequence of a Government decision, and nor were they closed at the behest of the Green Party. They were closed because of planning and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Sep 2021)

Eugene Murphy: ...by fossil fuels. Let me be quite clear about that. I support Government policy in dealing with that but in the short term, I would like the Government to look at the possibility of re-opening two peat-powered power stations in my part of the country on a temporary basis. One station is in Lanesborough while the other is in Shannonbridge. Of course, it is not the right thing to do in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (30 Sep 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: ...later in 2021. The remaining €3m, which is the capital element of the allocation, is being utilised to increase the knowledge base and baseline data for climate and environment, identifying our carbon rich soils through a peat mapping project, a soil moisture monitoring network, and the monitoring of greenhouse gas emissions on farmed lands. I am committed to bringing a...

Data Centre Moratorium: Motion [Private Members] (29 Sep 2021)

Paul Murphy: ...key driver behind this rising demand is the huge electricity appetite of the country’s data centres, estimated to rise to 29% of total demand by 2028, coupled with the ongoing closure of coal, peat and gas plants, which are pressuring reserve margins and could push prices higher. Here we are with energy prices going through the roof. The international context is also driving...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Horticulture Sector (29 Sep 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Sorca Clarke: 97. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made by the Multi-Stakeholder Working Group established to examine issues related to the use of peat moss in the horticulture sector. [46902/21]

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Impact of Covid-19 on National Cultural Institutions: Discussion (29 Sep 2021)

..., and not just the National Museum of Ireland in terms of its storage. Storing items is difficult as some of them are big. We have had a conversation ourselves over the summer about the ending of peat harvesting and turf cutting and all the artefacts that go with that. It is not easy to store a turf cutter, so we have to find different solutions. That is why I flag the issue. It is...

Housing for All: Statements (28 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: ...plants spuds, beet, miscanthus or anything else can harvest them. God's law is that one reaps what one sows. What the hell kind of laws do we have here that we will not allow that? The price of oil has gone up. The Government closed all the peat plants. The price of insulation has gone through the roof because of the increase in the cost of oil. It is the same with everything else....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Charter Treaty, Energy Security, Liquefied Natural Gas and Data Centres: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

...solutions create other problems. Even if we only focus on things like emissions, renewable energy carries its own burdens, whether it is lithium for battery storage or building wind turbines on peat bogs which are not adequate. We need to look at technological and technical solutions but we also have to be aware that they have social and environmental implications and that they are...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Reports (28 Sep 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Matt Carthy: 104. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the final report of the working group on horticultural peat will be published. [46428/21]

Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: ...out of business and being expected to take compensation. It is an awful way to treat people - just give them money and get rid of this industry. We got rid of the bees. We are getting rid of our peat. There is no room for ordinary people. The plain people of Ireland cannot work, heat their houses or fish for themselves or for their livelihoods. It is to hell or to Connacht, like...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Employment Permits (22 Sep 2021) See 2 other results from this debate

Robbie Gallagher: ...Monaghan. If anything was to damage the sector, it would have serious implications for the whole economy of the county. Unfortunately, the sector is currently facing a number of threats, including in the case of the mushroom sector, the issue of peat harvesting. I am sure the Minister of State is well aware of that and although it is a different matter, it is connected to what I am...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget 2022 Scrutiny: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (22 Sep 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

Michael Healy-Rae: ...supply next winter? We must look at the Government's decisions to date and think about what we are doing here. Over the past number of days we have had the news breaking that 200 lorryloads of peat have been imported from Latvia because we have shut down Bord na Móna. It might seem like a small issue but it is a really big issue. The importation of peat briquettes from Germany...