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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Reduction of Carbon Emissions of 51% by 2030: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2021) See 8 other results from this debate

Dr. Catherine Farrell: I thank the committee for the opportunity to speak this afternoon about peatlands and, specifically, their restoration. Ireland is a global hotspot for peatlands, with over 20% of the national territory covered by peatland or peat soils. Peatlands are valuable ecosystems that form a significant part of the Irish sociocultural landscape. Healthy peatlands are...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Bord na Móna (11 May 2021) See 3 other results from this debate

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...in terms of job losses and lack of employment going forward. The just transition fund's mission was to create economic opportunity for the front-line communities and workers hardest hit by the transition away from peat. It was to be part grant-maker and part catalyst, to provide investments to help communities create 21st-century jobs and technical assistance, to empower local leaders...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Programmes (11 May 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Alan Kelly: ...Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of jobs either directly or indirectly created by the just transition programme which has been introduced to compensate for the closure of peat production and sale in the midlands. [24506/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Reduction of Carbon Emissions of 51% by 2030: Discussion (Resumed) (11 May 2021)

...patterns are apparent in fresh water, where we are witnessing unprecedented rainfall events resulting in deluges which have caused massive landslides and the dislocation of tonnes of mud, silt and peat. Recently in Ireland in 2018 we also witnessed an intense drought and unprecedented increases in summer water temperatures. The impacts of severe droughts on juvenile and adult salmon may...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Agriculture Schemes (6 May 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

Charlie McConalogue: ...occurred on Shass Mountain on 28 June 2020 following heavy rain in the preceding days. A large area of upland bog, including some forestry, moved off the mountain and large quantities of liquified peat, vegetation and trees flowed down the mountain. This resulted in damage to road infrastructure and areas of land and forestry which were covered in peat. There has been ecological damage...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 May 2021) See 2 other results from this debate

Marian Harkin: ..., a fine and lofty term which sounds great. The nitty-gritty of getting from A to B is what determines whether the transition is just. Many speakers have spoken about the horticultural sector and milled peat. What is happening? We are going backwards. We need to learn lessons from that. It is not enough to ban production or to stop a certain action. One must look at the impact of...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 May 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

Bernard Durkan: ...the role they have to play. They have played that role for millions of years and will continue to do so. We have heard a lot concerns from our various constituents about the demise of the peat industry and, in particular, its effect on the horticultural sector. I and many others have said before that the horticultural sector needs a certain amount of peat product, or something...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 May 2021) See 7 other results from this debate

Jackie Cahill: ...French are doing at home must be done by all EU countries. If CAP is to be changed for good then we have to ensure that fair prices are protected for producers. We find ourselves at the moment in a laughable situation on peat production where we are now importing peat from outside this country. Horticultural peat moss is being imported from the eastern side of the Continent and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Horticulture Sector (5 May 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Matt Carthy: 86. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he has put in place to facilitate the harvesting of horticultural peat in 2021 and 2022. [23025/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (5 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...not currently possible to provide definitive estimations for such contributions. Factors which will support a net removal of emissions from Managed Wetland for the period 2021 to 2025 include: - a reduction in peat extraction activity, for example through the recent cessation of peat harvesting by Bord Na Móna; and - the restoration and rehabilitation activities planned...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Action Plan and its Implications for the Agriculture Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (4 May 2021) See 16 other results from this debate

...and Monaghan that was bequeathed to us last year. There was a write-up of this in the Irish Farmers' Journalthis week in the context of using extensive grazing to control fire-risk vegetation in a peatland area. We would like to move away from the polarisation which has been happening over many years whereby the farming-processing sectors, beef, dairy or other areas of agriculture, have,...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Apr 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

Claire Kerrane: ...when bills have already been increased, energy poverty is on the rise and there are no affordable alternatives. We now have the situation, which would be laughable if it were not so serious, of peat briquettes being imported from Germany when peat production here is being wound down and jobs are being lost. The workers, families and communities concerned see peat briquettes being...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Apr 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

Matt Carthy: ...entirely on their track record. The Green Party, in particular, has adopted a policy of simply exporting whatever it perceives to be problems. A good example of that has been the approach to horticultural peat. The Green Party has driven an agenda, that has been by and large facilitated by its Government partners, of banning the cultivation of horticultural peat - a key component in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (28 Apr 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: ...sitchensis) in Ireland in relation to site, soil and climatic factors’. Farrelly N. et al 2009. and the Code of Best Forest Practice - Ireland (2000). Phosphorus release from forest harvesting on an upland blanket peat catchment by Rodgers et al in 2010 established that peat soils do not buffer phosphate in the same way mineral soils do and that there will be a release of...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Development Programme (28 Apr 2021)

Heather Humphreys: ...for outdoor recreation projects under the Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme. Other Government investments in rural Ireland include the €2.7 billion National Broadband Plan, €108 million for the Bord na Mona Peat Restoration Project and other huge commitments towards transport infrastructure such as roads, rail, and walking and cycling amenities. The breadth of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Increasing Wind Power on the National Grid: Discussion (27 Apr 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

.... Let us consider demand and generation of electricity. To understand the grid, one must understand generation and demand. Today, we have a mixture of fossil fuel generation, including coal, peat and oil, as well as onshore wind spread across the country. In fact, we have onshore wind in 80% of counties in the Republic of Ireland. As we transition to 2030, more onshore wind will be...

Common Agricultural Policy Reform: Motion [Private Members] (22 Apr 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

Charlie McConalogue: ...but, perhaps, most important for farmers in my own county as well as counties along the western seaboard, in particular. I come from the west coast, from an area with some of the most beautiful and rich peat soils anywhere in the country. I am the son of a farmer from the hills and lowlands of Donegal. I grew up near the north Donegal coast in Carndonagh and we keep sucklers and...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2021) See 3 other results from this debate

Danny Healy-Rae: ...diesel engines in machinery, while we have to use the Euro 6 engine. We have to use AdBlue, which is troublesome. The Chinese are building coal-burning stations and we are closing our turf-burning peat stations in Bord na Móna. In normal times, outside of the pandemic, at any one time there are 7,000 aeroplanes in the sky. Are they going to be operated by electric batteries?...

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

Darren O'Rourke: ...and should be leaders in this field. Workers in Bord na Móna and the midlands, by comparison, have been failed miserably by successive governments. They have been sold a green pup or a climate pup. As peat production winds up in the midlands, we need government intervention and financial support to ensure workers there are supported with new training and new opportunities. That...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Funding (21 Apr 2021)

Michael McGrath: ...spent, are already under development. The ERDF planning process involves the three Regional Assemblies, along with IBEC, ICTU and the Social and Voluntary Sector. The Just Transition Fund will be deployed in areas most affected by the cessation of peat extraction. There is an increased EU contribution for PEACE PLUS, which underscores the commitment of the Commission, and our fellow EU...