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Seanad: Covid-19 (Tourism): Statements (22 Mar 2021)

Aisling Dolan: ...mentioned, with Mr. Paddy Matthews, but why I do not see east Galway listed on the relevant website? East Galway is part of Ireland's Hidden Heartlands and needs to be acknowledged as such. Our region is unique, comprising peat bogs to wildflower meadows, native woodlands to turloughs, lakes and marshes. We want to see more water sports, such as canoeing. We want to bring our walkways,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Mar 2021)

Victor Boyhan: ...and knowledge and will build on that. I thank the Cathaoirleach for the presentation of his shamrock today. As a horticulturist, I checked out that this is Irish grown. It was not grown on Irish peat for anyone who has a concern about Irish peat. It was grown hydroponically, that is, it was grown through a solution. I will conclude by noting it is a trifolium with three leaves. It...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Remote Working (11 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...% reduction in the Energy Industries sector (largely composed of the electricity generation sector), with the reduction in greenhouse gases from electricity generation driven by the reduced use of coal and peat and increased use of renewable electricity in the sector. The report estimates that Residential sector emissions increased by 9% in 2020 largely due to an increase in working...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Horticulture Sector (11 Mar 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: 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 comprised of representatives of the relevant Government Departments, State Bodies, Environmental Non-Governmental Organisations and of various sectors within the horticultural...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Process (10 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...fruit when, on Committee Stage of the climate Bill, we will introduce the provisions to stop oil and gas exploration. We are effectively stopping the use of coal and we have stopped the use of industrial peat extraction. If anyone had said to me four years ago that we would stop State investment in fossil fuels, stop fracking, stop the use of coal and stop peat extraction, I would have...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (10 Mar 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Brian Stanley: 60. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the policy in relation to the replacement of solid fuels as peat is being phased out. [13078/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (10 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...for all customers during the transition. The winter capacity margin of available electricity supply over demand has reduced every year over the past five years mainly due to increasing demand, including from data centres, and peat generation exiting the market. The CRU and EirGrid, which both have statutory responsibilities to ensure security of electricity supply, are actively...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Bord na Móna (3 Mar 2021)

Robert Troy: 54. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will publish findings by his Department on the recommended future uses for the peat plant sites at Shannonbridge, County Offaly and Lanesborough, County Longford. [10977/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (3 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...security of supply, will require a very high penetration of variable electricity on the Irish grid, and various technologies to replace high greenhouse gas emitting power generation fuels, such as peat and coal. Energy storage, including batteries, will be required to enable high levels of renewable electricity on the Irish grid and the integration of the anticipated 5 GW of offshore...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rewetting of Peatland and its Impact on Farmers: Discussion (2 Mar 2021) See 19 other results from this debate

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...of marginal land in counties Roscommon, Longford and Galway and the midlands counties that farmers are trying to make a living off. They would not be able to farm it if the drains were not cleaned. Milled peat has blocked some of the main rivers such the Little Brosna, which I travelled in the time of the Shannon. These issues need to be rectified in black and white. While everyone can...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Environment Fund (1 Mar 2021) See 2 other results from this debate

Micheál Carrigy: It is important to acknowledge the huge impact the closure of the power stations in Lanesboro and Shannonbridge, and the end of peat production, has had on communities and families which have worked in them for more than 50 years. The jobs at Mountdillon and Lough Ree power plant provided the communities of Keenagh, Killashee, Newtowncashel, Lanesboro and beyond will be difficult to replace....

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Feb 2021) See 6 other results from this debate

Eamon Ryan: ...from brown to green. It rightly recognises that the skills it has in managing bogs can be used in this low-carbon future and that we can create employment, energy and industry on the back of that. Peat extraction is a very significant environmental issue but it is not an issue of export. The vast majority of our peat was always exported. Most of the peat extracted for horticultural...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (24 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...will, over time, employ 307 people, some of whom will be engaged on a seasonal basis, with 210 full time equivalents engaged over the delivery period. The scheme encompasses 33,000 hectares of Bord na Móna peatlands previously harvested for peat extraction for electricity generation. The scheme will protect the storage of 100 million tonnes of CO2 emissions. It is also estimated that...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Horticulture Sector (24 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Bord Na Móna’s last full peat harvest took place in 2018, followed by a partial harvest in 2019 and a full suspension of harvesting operations in 2020. Bord Na Móna’s decision to cease peat harvesting in January 2021 is a commercial and operational matter for the board and management of the company, and not one in which I as Minister have any function. The...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Horticulture Sector (24 Feb 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Matt Carthy: 338. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the process that will be used to determine membership of the working group on the review on the use of peat moss in the horticultural industry; if expressions of interest will be sought; the criteria that will be applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10383/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (24 Feb 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Patricia Ryan: 1105. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide funding to research a viable alternative to peat in relation to horticulture; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10345/21]

Seanad: Ábhair Ghnó an tSeanaid – Matters on the Business of the Seanad (22 Feb 2021)

Pippa Hackett: ...not about banning solid fuels but the transition to better quality solid fuels - for example, swapping smoky coal for smoke free coal and wet wood for seasoned wood and improving the standards for peat briquettes. It is not about stopping people from cutting and burning their own turf. Turbary rights will be protected. It is about reducing harm and cleaning our air. However, there are...

Seanad: National Climate and Air Roadmap for the Agriculture Sector: Statements (22 Feb 2021) See 5 other results from this debate

Charlie McConalogue: ...increase needed after that. My Department has recently established a forestry review group to drive this agenda. In addition, we will also need to change our management approach on many thousands of hectares of peat-based grassland soils, which are currently a net emitter of carbon. We need to reverse this, and allow these soils to naturally lock up carbon. The management intensity of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Just Transition Fund (19 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...closure of the ESB-owned power stations in Lanesborough, County Longford, and Shannonbridge, County Offaly, and to support affected communities in the region with the transition from employment in peat harvesting. As a result of this direct focus, eight of the most affected counties were eligible to submit funding applications to the 2020 just transition fund. The Government has...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition Fund (18 Feb 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Matt Carthy: 38. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will include the horticultural peat industry in the just transition programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9295/21]