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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Horticulture Sector (22 Oct 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Matt Carthy: 464. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagements he has had with his Cabinet colleagues regarding the extraction of horticultural peat for use in the domestic mushroom sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43233/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Data (16 Oct 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Peadar Tóibín: 191. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the quantity and cost of peat imported and exported in each of the past fifteen years, in tabular form. [41708/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of the Climate Action Plan: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (19 Sep 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...-use sector. That is primarily because the science keeps changing with regard to the reality when it comes to the counting of emissions, particularly from forestry and the planting of forests on peat soil. The assessment of those shows emissions of 5.614 Mt of carbon dioxide equivalent, an increase of 40%. This significant increase is due to the change to the scientific understanding of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Reviews (18 Sep 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...TRACT: TRAnsport Behaviour Change Trials. Q1 2025 Measuring the impact of Transport on Well-being in Rural Ireland. Q1 2025 Update to Roads Over Peat (ROP) Guidelines. This refers to the updating of the ROP guidelines and reviewing if revised methods for maintaining ROP are available. Q 1/2 2025 Regional Survey Report...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Reports (9 Sep 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a copy of a report (details supplied) commissioned by his Department; if he will detail the provision of a scientific assessment of peat land landslides in Leitrim, Kerry and Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34178/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (9 Sep 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ... Group % 2020 2021 2022 2023 Gas Fossil % 51.0% 45.7% 48.8% 44.3% Wind Renewable % 36.3% 29.5% 33.1% 33.7% Coal Fossil % 2.1% 8.2% 7.0% 3.5% Peat Fossil % 2.9% 1.0% 0.7% 0.4% Oil Fossil % 1.2% 4.4% 3.2% 0.7% Hydro Renewable % 2.9% 2.3% 2.1% 2.7% Landfill gas Renewable % 0.4% 0.4%...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (9 Sep 2024)

Jack Chambers: The reduced VAT rate of 13.5% applies to the following energy products and supplies: - The supply of coal, peat and other solid substances offered for sale solely as fuel. - The supply of hydrocarbon oil of a kind used for domestic or industrial heating, excluding gas oil (within the meaning of section 94(1) of the Finance Act 1999), other than gas oil which has been duly marked in accordance...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition (23 Jul 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...Grants Scheme is the second call under the Local and Regional Economic Strategies Support Scheme (LRESSS), designed to assist Local Authorities and their communities previously reliant on peat production to modernise and diversify their local economies. The LRESSS is funded through Ireland's EU Just Transition Fund (JTF) Programme. The grant size for EU JTF Community Enterprise Grants is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Reports (23 Jul 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...status assessment for the 2013-2018 period Provides a comprehensive description of the assessment of the conservation status of Active raised bogs (7110); Degraded raised bogs (7120) and & Depressions on peat substrates of the Rhynchosporion (7150) for the 2013-18 period Q4 2024 Irish Wildlife Manual - Mapping, monitoring, and protecting ancient and long-established woodland...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (23 Jul 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ...Table 4 of my Department’s publication ‘Environmental Requirements for Afforestation' and start at 10 metres for mineral soils on moderate slopes, to 25 metres on steep slopes on soils with a peat component or on sites within the sub-basin of high status objective waterbodies, as identified under the Water Framework Directive process. The extent of open space created by...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (23 Jul 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ...Aid for Energy Efficiency, Automation and Processing for Commercial Mushroom Producers €235,069 The 2023 Scheme of Investment Aid for Commercial Non-Primary Producers in the Mushroom Sector and for Peat Replacement by Commercial Mushroom Producers. €1,045,087 2023 Mushroom Promotional Support €1,010,000 EU Producer Organisation Scheme for fruit and...

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

...improved that and have a much better programme now, but there are environmental conditionalities that make it difficult to plant in places where we used to. For example, we used to plant on deep peat, which was probably not a great idea, but we are not allowed to do that anymore.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (10 Jul 2024)

Jack Chambers: ...as propellants are chargeable to Mineral Oil Tax (MOT). Natural gas used for all non-propellant purposes, including heating, is subject to Natural Gas Carbon Tax (NGCT). Solid fuels, including coal, peat and peat products, are subject to Solid Fuel Carbon Tax (SFCT) and electricity is subject to Electricity Tax. Mineral Oil Tax comprises a non-carbon component (NCC) and a carbon...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (9 Jul 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Richard Bruton: 109. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the peat restoration projects his Department or its agencies have supported; the estimated capital and recurring costs of the work; the proportion funded from public funds; and the projected gains in carbon abatement and biodiversity. [29504/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Statement of Strategy 2023-2026: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Jul 2024)

...be planted, which is 50%. Mr. Savage can correct me if I am wrong about any of this. It includes the proportion of native species that has to be planted in individual plantations and planting on peat, which we now know led to let emissions in some historical situations. That is some of the conditionality that was applied to forestry. There will be a mid-term review of the programme...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Just Transition (27 Jun 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Eamon Ryan: ...of the midlands region. The designated territory for Ireland’s programme was approved by the Government and by the European Commission and is aligned with the historical dependence of the region on commercial peat extraction for power generation as described in the territorial just transition plan which underpins the programme. To date, €137 million of this funding has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service Strategic Review: Discussion (25 Jun 2024)

.... It is important, however, that we try to incentivise people. The law does not absolve people from taking part. It does not exclude landowners or farmers from taking part in the restoration of peatland and the rewetting of farmland if they so choose to do. The regulation also includes this statement: "Member States shall, as appropriate, incentivise rewetting to make it an...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Turbary Rights (25 Jun 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...is designated as an Special Area of Conservation under Statutory Instrument No. 329 of 2023. Schedule 4 of this Statutory Instrument states that all activities relating to turf cutting and/or peat extraction – with the exception of continued domestic turf cutting from existing turf banks- in this SAC require the permission of the Minister before they can be carried out. Where...

Seanad: Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Jun 2024)

Paul Gavan: ...it, the order shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under the order. (4) In this section— “fossil fuel” means coal, oil, natural gas, peat or any derivative thereof intended for use in the production of energy by combustion; “fossil fuel undertaking” means an undertaking which is— (a)...