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Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021) See 2 other results from this debate

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...challenged left, right and centre in the courts. Will anything be done about this? I have examined it in the past fortnight and it has stopped 1,400 or 1,500 houses. Regarding horticultural peat, will the Minister introduce planning permission to resolve this issue across the country? With regard to legislation for natural heritage areas, NHAs, a solar farm in the Nore Valley in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Turf Cutting (27 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...shows that the proportion of people who report that they are unable to afford to keep the home adequately warm, has fallen from 9% in 2015 to 4.4% in 2019. According to the SEAI report, Energy in Ireland 2020, peat (excluding briquettes) accounted for 4.5% of household energy in 2019, whereas oil, electricity and natural gas are far more significant sources of household energy,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition Fund (27 Jan 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Martin Browne: 51. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures that have been taken to assist the horticultural peat sector under the just transition fund. [4007/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (27 Jan 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Martin Browne: 49. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the carbon emissions of Ireland's 5,500 ha of bog used for horticultural peat harvesting; and the reduction in emissions envisaged for 2021 and 2022 through the use of imported peat. [4004/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition Fund (27 Jan 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Martin Browne: 50. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of horticultural peat exported in each of the past ten years; and the alternative employment envisaged for those employed in the export horticultural peat and root stock sectors. [4006/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition Fund (27 Jan 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: 61. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the cessation of peat production; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4163/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (27 Jan 2021) See 2 other results from this answer

Martin Browne: 898. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps his Department has taken to facilitate the horticulture industry to move away from peat use (details supplied); and the measures that have been put in place before the end of horticultural peat harvesting. [4003/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (27 Jan 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Carol Nolan: 902. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address concerns within the Irish horticulture sector that the decision by Bord na Móna to cease all peat production will make the sector financially unviable and lead to significant job losses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4035/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compensation Schemes (27 Jan 2021) See 2 other results from this answer

Carol Nolan: 903. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider introducing a package of supports for peat contractors who purchased machinery prior to the announcement of the cessation of all peat harvesting by Bord na Móna; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4036/21]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

Carol Nolan: ...were left behind by this disruption, a disruption that would hit midland counties like Offaly very hard. Unfortunately, however, following the decision taken by Bord na Móna last week to end peat harvesting and production, that is exactly what has happened. Communities have been left behind. This is especially true for all of those involved in the horticulture sector. They are...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jan 2021)

Thomas Pringle: ...to the Deputy on the specific point he raised”. The first part of the answer was fallacious, and the latter part has not occurred. I want ask the Taoiseach about the major landslide of unstable peat caused by wind farm construction at Meenbog in Donegal. I know the Taoiseach is more than aware of this incident. It is just another example in a litany of poor planning decisions...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition Fund (20 Jan 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Barry Cowen: 48. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department will assist in the provision of compensation to the peat harvesting contractors; and if he will meet the industry, including the Just Transition Commissioner, to allow it make recommendations for a fair and equitable just transition that adequately compensates and offers financial incentives to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Supply Board (20 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...stakeholders in the Midlands, setting out the analysis of the challenges facing the region, and for Bord na Móna workers, their families and communities, arising from an accelerated exit from peat harvesting. The report contains a range of important recommendations several of which have already been acted on by the Government. I intend to shortly publish an implementation plan to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (14 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...will engage with their counterparts in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine on the matter and on the potential longer term solutions for the sector.  However, the sourcing of peat for horticulture use is not a matter in which I have any function.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Policy (14 Jan 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: In relation to peat extraction, my Department has no involvement in its regulation. This is a planning process under the remit of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and an Integrated Pollution Control (IPC) license process, under the remit of the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment.   Regarding the future use of peat moss in the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jan 2021) See 2 other results from this debate

Michael Healy-Rae: ...thing for cities where thousands of people are concentrated. I am talking about people who predominantly live in the country and the only source of heat in their homes is timber, turf and perhaps peat briquettes. I asked the Taoiseach very clear questions and he answered none of them. He ignored the horticultural industry. Does he realise that thousands of people work in that industry...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Bord na Móna (13 Jan 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Carol Nolan: 62. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question 51 of 16 July 2020, if his Department will assist in the provision of compensation to peat harvesting contractors that made significant investments in peat harvesting machinery prior to the sudden and unexpected announcement of the suspension of all peat harvesting for the 2020 season...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Usage (13 Jan 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 97. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current availability of grant aid for the replacement of peat burning stoves with pellet burning heating systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1627/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Energy Efficiency (13 Jan 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: ...the midlands, under the 'Just Transition' programme. This Midland Retrofit Programme was established as a pilot programme to provide economic stimulus to the counties most affected by the cessation of peat harvesting for electricity generation, and it centres on upgrading larger batches of homes in distinct, compact geographical areas. Significant preparatory work has been completed to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (13 Jan 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Bernard Durkan: 1102. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree to which the horticultural sector can rely on an adequate supply of moss peat for the future given that such activity is largely carbon neutral; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1902/21]