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Seanad: Restoration of Bills to the Seanad Order Paper: Motion (27 Mar 2025)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...at: Clean Air (Smoky Coal Ban) Bill 2021. Second Stage Health (Postponement of Certain Leave) Bill 2024. Second Stage Horticultural Peat (Temporary Measures) Bill 2021. Second Stage Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2021. Order for Committee First Aid and Mental Health in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (25 Mar 2025)

Martin Heydon: There is no question of farmers being forced to re-wet drained peatlands. There are significant Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHGs) associated with Ireland's land sector including from drained peat soils. The targets for rewetting of peat soils under the Nature Restoration Law can be met entirely from state land and any commitment in this regard falls on the State and not on individual...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Schemes (25 Mar 2025)

Martin Heydon: ...Support for Sustainability (BISS) payment scheme. The proposal which my Department has submitted to the European Commission for approval aims to strike the balance between the vital protection of peatlands and wetlands, and the farmer's right to continue with agricultural activity on this land. Conditionality requirements must be controlled at land parcel level. Trying to isolate...

Seanad: Common Agricultural Policy National Plan: Statements (20 Mar 2025) See 1 other result from this debate

Seán Kyne: ...issues. The good agricultural and environmental condition, GAEC, standard is a part of the CAP strategic plan. We have legal obligations to introduce a GAEC 2 for the protection of wetlands and peatlands. It is a mandatory condition associated with the basic income support for farmers. There were two deferrals before 1 January this year and there can be no further extensions. The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Schemes (20 Mar 2025)

Martin Heydon: ...Support for Sustainability (BISS) payment scheme. The proposal which my Department has submitted to the European Commission for approval aims to strike the balance between the vital protection of peatlands and wetlands, and the farmer's right to continue with agricultural activity on this land. Regarding your question on the inclusion of some mineral soils, conditionality...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Regulations (19 Mar 2025)

Martin Heydon: ...recurring financial penalties until resolved. The proposal which my Department has submitted to the European Commission for approval aims to strike the balance between the vital protection of peatlands and wetlands, and the farmers right to continue with agricultural activity on this land. The proposal aims to ensure this while delivering on the legal requirement to introduce a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (19 Mar 2025)

Martin Heydon: ...recurring financial penalties until resolved. The proposal which my Department has submitted to the European Commission for approval aims to strike the balance between the vital protection of peatlands and wetlands, and the farmers right to continue with agricultural activity on this land. The proposal aims to ensure this while delivering on the legal requirement to introduce a...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 Mar 2025) See 1 other result from this debate

Martin Heydon: ...the farming bodies, including the INHFA and many others - I accept their points of concern but I disagree with them - is an approach that will allow farmers in the GAEC 2 area who have more than 50% of peat in their soil to continue their normal agricultural activity, continue to plough, reseed and maintain drains-----

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Agriculture Industry (5 Mar 2025) See 3 other results from this debate

Martin Heydon: ...committed to working to improve the economic, social and environmental sustainability of family farms. The issue Deputy Aird has raised is an emotive one, and I want to reassure farmers who work with peat soils. Land use has a key role to play in the achievement of our climate targets. As custodians of the land, farmers will be central to delivering on those targets. Nothing will be...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (5 Mar 2025)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: .... Deputy Duncan Smith - To discuss the need for an increased provision of primary care centres in Fingal. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore - To discuss the sale of Bord na Móna recycling. Deputy William Aird - To discuss protecting peat soil farmers. Deputy Peter Roche - To discuss information and support for parents of children receiving special education who are transitioning from primary...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Mar 2025) See 1 other result from this debate

Seán Kyne: ...there earlier. The Minister, Deputy Heydon, who I hope will be able to meet the delegation from INHFA, stated we have a legal obligation under the good agricultural and environmental practice for the protection of wetlands and peatlands. It is a mandatory condition associated with the basic income support for farmers. Ireland succeeded in getting two deferrals up to January this year...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: Radie Peat of Lankum and Dan Lambert, manager of Kneecap, recently spoke about their experiences as parents of a child with additional needs. Speaking with Oliver Callan on RTÉ radio, they described the challenges that they, and thousands of families like them, face in battling to get supports for their child. Since their child was 17 months old, Radie and Dan realised she was autistic...

Seanad: Response to Storm Éowyn: Statements (26 Feb 2025)

Alice-Mary Higgins: ...events as extreme events increase in communities across Ireland. There are some very real reasons behind this. Sitka spruce plantations are often particularly vulnerable as they are often planted in shallow, peaty soil, the trees have root plates that are broad and shallow and they grow tall and slender. They are very weak and vulnerable to high winds. They are not suitable for...

Disability: Statements (25 Feb 2025) See 1 other result from this debate

Martin Daly: ...and Moynihan, well in their new roles. The opportunity to make this statement is timely. I am moved to refer to the heart-breaking interview on the "Oliver Callan" show last Friday of Radie Peat and Dan Lambert about their daughter who has non-verbal autism. They eloquently articulated the horrendous difficulty parents and their children with special needs face in seeking early...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Feb 2025)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...- I understand it is the Ballinasloe area - and parts of Kildare, the Clane, Maynooth and Athy areas. This is to try to rebalance employment opportunities that have gone because the extraction of peat has ceased. Some of the projects in Kildare are particularly good. We have four funded projects, one of which is the refurbishment of an old vacant secondary school that will be used to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Bord na Móna (20 Feb 2025) See 1 other result from this debate

Darragh O'Brien: ...Bord na Móna has done very well in many aspects of the transition to green energy and in transitioning the workforce. The just transition has worked well and I want to accelerate it. We have removed peat from our electricity system and this is something we welcome. It is now a big deliverer of renewable energies. Workers' rights and the terms and conditions they hold are very...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Programme for Government (13 Feb 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: ...receive targeted support, making the transition to a sustainable future, fair and equitable. Carbon taxes are excise duties that apply to most liquid fuels, to natural gas and to coal and peat. Liquid fuels and natural gas used as propellants are subject to carbon taxation as a component of Mineral Oil Tax. Natural gas used for non-propellant purposes is subject to Natural Gas Carbon...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Prices (5 Nov 2024)

Jack Chambers: Ireland’s tax law provides for the application of excise duty, in the form of Solid Fuel Carbon Tax (SFCT) to the first supply of coal and peat in the State. Current SFCT rates are available on the Revenue website at: www.revenue.ie/en/companies-and-charities/excise-and-licence s/energy-taxes/solid-fuel-carbon-tax/rate-of-tax.aspx. Solid fuel supplies also attract VAT at a rate of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Turf Cutting (5 Nov 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...with the provisions of Regulation 28 of the 2011 Regulations or with the consent of the relevant authority. The NHA’s under the CTCCS are designated by a Natural Heritage Area order under Section 18(1) of the Wildlife (Amendment) Act, 2000, as amended (“the Act of 2000”). Peat extraction (being a type of work specified in a Natural Heritage Area order for the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (5 Nov 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...activity and functions all of which support the overall goal of protecting nature. For county Kildare specifically, funding for conservation is delivered through a variety of channels, including through peatlands restoration and conservation programmes. Just under €3m has been paid out to date by the NPWS in Kildare to applicants under the Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme...