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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2021)

Gerry Horkan: ...Sometimes we forget just how much Ireland has contributed to world aviation. I know this is a subject close to the Leader's heart. We can go right back to the likes of Tony Ryan and GPA, Guinness Peat Aviation, who went on to set up Ryanair which is now Europe's largest airline by passengers carried and by fleet size, based on 2019 figures. Michael O'Leary, an Irish person, is a giant...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations: Discussion (9 Jun 2021)

...in receipt of €1,000 will. We said that convergence is crude, which it is. As our president said, in many cases, a person who is not farming and has all his or her entitlements leased will gain under convergence. Peat farmers who are getting €10,000 will see their payment cut to increase a payment to somebody who receives €35,000, €40,000 or €50,000....

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jun 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

Jennifer Whitmore: ...taken must either have no impact on biodiversity or, preferably, enhance biodiversity. We have seen recent examples where trees were planted, which facilitates carbon storage, but they were planted on peat. Therefore, the biodiversity impacts were enormous but there was also an impact on carbon so when landslides happened there was a great deal of carbon emissions from the peat. We...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (3 Jun 2021)

Richard Bruton: .... During my time as Minister, we sought to establish the principle of just transition, albeit in the face of very significant changes that had to be managed, particularly those affecting the peat sector. We appointed an interim just transition commissioner, who has done a really good job on much of the type of consultation that is set out in these amendments. The interim commissioner...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (3 Jun 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Duncan Smith: 228. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to ban the sale of peat-based compost similar to the planned ban in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30397/21]

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Jun 2021)

...test their content before releasing it and have procedures in place. Commonly, they use two methods called the Harding flash and pattern analyser, FPA, and photosensitive epilepsy analysis tool, PEAT, analysis. As part of that, they upload their content and the analysis will show where content is potentially photosensitive. That is potentially where a lot of the warnings to which Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (1 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...working groups established under the Just Transition programme which looked at the future of the Midlands area following the closure of the ESB Midlands stations and the ending of the harvesting of peat by Bord na Móna.  One of the working groups, which included  representatives of my Department, relevant Local Authorities, and the Just Transition Commissioner, looked...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 May 2021)

Eugene Murphy: ...for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Deputy Eamon Ryan, to come to the House to reassure us that we are not facing this debacle. I am somewhat concerned because we closed down two peat-burning stations in Lanesborough and Shannonbridge. While we all accept the peat-burning era is coming to an end, the eight-year closedown and just transition virtually became a one-year...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (27 May 2021)

Brian Stanley: .... Spratt before we close up. I do not want Mr. Spratt to give me an answer now, in terms of the roads in County Offaly. There is a special case for north County Offaly, because the roads are over peat. Mr. O'Leary is nodding in agreement. There is a serious issue there, in terms of road safety. Can someone please have a look at the R400? The engineers and councillors need the money...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (25 May 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: ...Biomass Content Biomass Relief Coal ≥ 30% to < 50% 30% of tax chargeable ≥ 50% 50% of tax chargeable Peat Briquettes ≥ 30% to < 50% 30% of tax chargeable ≥ 50% 50% of tax chargeable The total annual volume and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: 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 occurs at a point in time where there is a greater demand than...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rewetting of Peatland and its Impact on Farmers: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2021) See 13 other results from this debate

Paul Daly: ...and thank them for their two comprehensive submissions. I have a couple of points and questions. They are specific to each of the two areas, namely, the rewetting of bogs and horticultural peat, although there is a bit of a link between the two. Starting with the rewetting of bogs, I seek some clarification from the witnesses further to the contents of their submission. In the larger...

Questions on Promised Legislation (20 May 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

Bernard Durkan: ...coexist with the agrifood sector and the need to monitor progress in respect of both, I ask the Minister to outline the extent to which he monitors the progress in those areas. For example, moss peat, which is an integral part of the horticultural sector in this country, is being discontinued and, I am told, replaced by an import. The question that arises is the degree to which the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Horticulture Sector (20 May 2021) See 7 other results from this debate

Matt Carthy: Deputy Martin Browne has raised the fundamental question here. At the moment there is no viable alternative and certainly no environmentally sustainable alternative to use of horticultural peat in the mushroom industry. The Deputy mentioned 3,000 jobs. These are concentrated in counties like my own county of Monaghan where there are very few alternative economic drivers for the local...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (20 May 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Matt Carthy: ...Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to support the mushroom industry and other horticultural sectors in view of ongoing challenges including accessibility of horticultural peat. [26911/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (20 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: ...the key point that I share with the proposers of the motion, that is, the need to establish an effective GAEC 2 standard that will allow continued appropriate farming on existing agricultural Irish peat-based soils. As articulated during the debate on the Private Members Motion, the trilogue negotiations regarding the next CAP are still on-going and the text relating to GAEC 2 has not...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Horticulture Sector (20 May 2021) See 3 other results from this answer

Matt Carthy: 236. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the report of the working group established to examine the issues identified during the review of the use of horticultural peat will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27138/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition (19 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: .... The Government is 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 harvesting by Bord na Mona. The Just Transition Fund was established in 2020 to support innovative projects that contribute to the economic,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Natural Gas Grid (18 May 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

Jack Chambers: ...region and has dedicated significant funding to supporting workers, companies and communities. A significant package of supports has been put in place in the midlands for the transition away from peat-fuelled power. This includes €20 million for the midlands retrofitting project, €108 million for the Bord na Móna peatlands restoration project, €25 million for...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (18 May 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Midlands Regional Transition team and Just Transition was established in October 2018 for communities and workers affected by the ending of peat harvesting for power generation in the Midlands region. My Department makes a significant contribution to the work of this commission. In the last two years we have provided significant supports to the affected workers to assist them...