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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (29 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: ...(1) each Local Authority shall: Establish and maintain a register of all extractive industries within its functional area including the extraction, treatment and storage of mineral resources, the working of quarries, and the extraction, treatment and storage of peat. The overall Register is maintained by the Environmental Protection Agency and is publicly available. The Environmental...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Reduction of Carbon Emissions of 51% by 2030: Discussion (Resumed). (29 Jun 2021)

...from forestry, we also have a large area of grasslands on organic soils. Overall, our grasslands cover approximately 4.3 million ha, of which 350,000 ha are on organic soils. This is a form of peatland that has been drained. While we have a sink of approximately 2 million tonnes from the 3.8 million ha of grass on mineral soils there is a source of approximately 8 million tonnes...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (28 Jun 2021)

Mark Daly: ...Ireland. I have also received notice from Senator Robbie Gallagher of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to make a statement on the harvesting ban on peat and the need to import high-grade peat to keep the mushroom industry alive. I have also received notice from Senator Marie Sherlock of the following matter: The need for the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Horticulture Sector (28 Jun 2021) See 2 other results from this debate

Robbie Gallagher: ..., for taking time out of her busy schedule to be here this morning for this very important debate on the imminent crisis facing the horticultural sector due to the restrictions on agricultural peat harvesting. The mushroom industry is the largest horticultural sector in Ireland with a farm gate value of €119 million, of which approximately 85% is exported to the UK. It employs...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2021) See 3 other results from this debate

Pippa Hackett: ...exposed to the impact of the adaptations that we need to make as a society to mitigate climate change. In my area of the midlands, there are many people whose livelihoods have been linked to peat extraction. For generations, it was the central activity in the area, but we now understand the huge damage such extraction has done to our atmosphere. There are also many whose livelihoods are...

Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Jun 2021)

Martin Browne: ...bearing on the ability of farmers to farm their land. Of course, we have seen how the setting of ambitious targets without adequate preparation have left those industries reliant on horticultural peat in fear of their livelihoods. In 2017, the VCI analysed its code of conduct and clarified that contrary to previous interpretations, there is no statutory basis for requiring the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Just Transition Fund (23 Jun 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

Joe Flaherty: ...the demolition plans for the two stations, and to seek compensation afterwards through the regulator. As the just transition process flounders, we are seeing an increase in imports of replacement peat and fuel products, while the horticultural peat production sector faces termination in Ireland. It is now critically important that the ESB liaises with the midlands transition groups...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (23 Jun 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: A tree felling licence application was submitted for the person named in April 2020.  This is a large, complex site, which is near overwintering grounds for Hen Harrier. The site is over peat of varying depths, near to Lough Derg and there are restrictions on proposed operations, outside the bird nesting season, which brings a risk to water quality. The Department’s Ecology...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Victor Boyhan: ...criticism of organics in respect of mushrooms. A certain organisation whose representatives appeared before this committee suggested the Bord Bia brand should be removed from mushrooms because peat is used in their production, but that is another debate for another day. Since Professor Boyle is here, let me mention that Mr. Tony Pettit has done amazing work on Teagasc's education...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (21 Jun 2021)

Seán Kyne: ...mantra that as we transition to a low-carbon society, we will still need to use oil, gas and, to a lesser extent, coal for a number of years or a number of decades. As we have seen in the case of peat being discontinued as a fuel for electricity generation, and the plans to transition from Moneypoint to pivot away to cleaner and more sustainable types of electricity generation, there are...

Seanad: Aviation Sector: Statements (21 Jun 2021)

Gerry Horkan: ...just run duty-free shops in Ireland but ran them in Moscow, St. Petersburg, or Leningrad as it was then known, and Dubai. Ireland is the birthplace of aircraft fleeting, initially with Guinness Peat Aviation, GPA, and now with many different companies. Half of the world's aviation industry is leased through Ireland and 90% of our visitors arrive by air. We are the largest island in the...

Regional Airports and Aviation: Statements (17 Jun 2021)

Dara Calleary: ...We have a fine track record in aircraft leasing. That continues with some of the major international players still operating here on the foundations established many years ago through Guinness Peat Aviation, GPA. We have a fine transport aviation sector in our airlines and regional airport network. We need to get them through this. I am convinced that if the Minister of State and...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: The Cost of Climate Action: Discussion (17 Jun 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

...expected to be temporary. This is why more determined action is needed to tackle emissions from buildings, transport and agriculture. We welcome the Government commitment to phase out coal and peat electricity generation during this decade. While the share of renewables in the energy mix has more than doubled since 2010, fossil fuels still dominate the energy mix. In particular,...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (16 Jun 2021) See 4 other results from this debate

Carol Nolan: ...to seriously take on board what we have said. We represent tens of thousands of constituents in rural Ireland. We represent the real workers facing the brunt of this. Has the Minister met the peat contractors or Bord na Móna workers at any stage? He claims to have the genuine interest of people at heart but, to be honest, he does not. This Bill, as I have said, will do...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (16 Jun 2021) See 2 other results from this answer

Denis Naughten: 43. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress to date of the National Parks and Wildlife Service peatland scheme for large-scale peatlands restoration in 2021; the number of Bord na Móna employees reassigned to date from peat harvesting activities; the number of Bord na Móna seasonal staff re-employed on each bog in which rehabilitation has...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (16 Jun 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: ...and provide a template for action in advance of Ireland's next Common Agriculture Policy. An open call for a new pilot European Innovation Partnership (EIP) scheme on reduced management of farmed peat-land was announced in August 2020 and closed for applications in October 2020. The Department received four proposals under the Call, of which two were approved for funding. As these...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health Policy: Discussion (16 Jun 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

...of things in this area. It needs to bring in WHO air quality standards, move forward with a clean air Act and ban the burning of the worst smoky solid fuels, that is, smoky coal, wet wood and peat sod turf. We also need to phase out the burning of fuels. We are an outlier in Europe in our reliance on solid fuel to heat our homes. We need to ensure that people have the resources to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Horticulture Sector (15 Jun 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I have neither statutory nor Ministerial responsibility for the harvesting of horticultural peat. To assist in addressing the question of horticultural peat for domestic purposes, I have established a working group under an independent chairman, Dr. Munoo Prasad, to examine the issues which had been identified during the Review of the use of Peat Moss in the Horticultural Industry. It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming: Discussion (15 Jun 2021)

Martin Browne: ...to catch up with our commitments, will the EU the funding be weighted to the larger operators to the detriment of our smaller family farmers? We recently discussed alternatives to horticultural peat and the production of coir, for instance. It is said to have environmental consequences for the countries that produce it. When it comes to the alternatives for feed, additives and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (15 Jun 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1197, 1198 and 1199 together. Bord na Móna formally ended all peat harvesting on its lands by the end of 2019. As a result of this cessation in peat harvesting, industrial cutover peatlands are becoming increasingly available for other land use options, including opportunities for the restoration of native woodland habitats. This availability of land...