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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: ...in terms of the just transition and human rights as part of the climate challenge we face. We are trying to focus on the just transition. She has seen us trying to do that in the context of peat in the midlands. We have put a just transition fund in place to make sure we can invest in and support communities that are impacted by the changes brought about by no longer using peat as a...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Promotion (21 Feb 2023)

Catherine Martin: ...development in the Midlands. The focus of the EU Just Transition Fund is to diversify the local economy by providing new employment opportunities in tourism for workers and communities that were heavily dependent on peat production and peat-fired power generation, ensuring a just transition to a low-carbon future. Fáilte Ireland is currently in the consultation phase of this project....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Sales (21 Feb 2023)

Michael McGrath: Tax law provides that the first supply of coal and peat in the State is subject to excise duty, in the form of Solid Fuel Carbon Tax (SFCT). SFCT applies at different rates to four categories of solid fuel: coal, peat briquettes, milled peat and other peat. The current SFCT rate for coal is €107.98 per tonne and this applies regardless of the characteristics of the coal involved,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (21 Feb 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Cathal Crowe: 730. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce a scheme to incentivise the planting on trees on cutaway bogs that are no longer used for peat harvesting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8497/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (16 Feb 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...a good one, about the large-scale emissions from land use and what could we do quickly. I put it to the Senator that one of the more immediate issues is that there are still some 500,000 tonnes of peat exported annually with no planning permission, no regulation and no oversight. If we are looking at ways of storing and reducing environmental damage being done at scale, that might be one...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Network (9 Feb 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...length of the road network within a local authority's area of responsibility, with some account taken of traffic. As the Deputy says, the matter of the construction and improvement of road on peatlands has always been a very challenging task in geotechnical engineering. Rampart roads, which are generally narrow raised roads without verges, can be constructed over peat, but particular...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Funding (2 Feb 2023)

Eamon Ryan: In 2020, the National Just Transition Fund was made available in the Midlands region to support communities impacted by the end of peat extraction for energy production. This Fund focuses on retraining peat workers, generating sustainable employment in green enterprise, supporting training and reskilling, and enabling local businesses and communities to adjust to a low-carbon transition....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Briefing on Current and Future Plans for the School Building Unit: Department of Education (31 Jan 2023)

Aisling Dolan: ...with that. Some of my questions for the Department might be around just transition. My area is Roscommon and east Galway, where some areas have been impacted by the changes with Bord na Móna, peat and so on. There is an awful lot more funding coming through Europe and through the just transition fund for particular regions in Ireland that have been poorly affected in terms of work,...

Forestry Strategy: Statements (26 Jan 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: ...in the forestry strategy for nature, and I welcome the provisions to expand substantially the native woodland cover, ensure more diverse mixes of species, address legacy impacts, restore afforested peatlands and support closer to nature forest management. We have work to do across government to ensure robust ecological assessment procedures to safeguard habitats and species of...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: -----forestry approaches. The previous approach, which included monocultural clear-felling on upland peat soils, must come to an end. It is coming to an end. I am sure the EU would agree with that point and so do we.

Seanad: Wind Energy: Statements (25 Jan 2023)

Aisling Dolan: ...the turbines are being taken down and what sort environmental impact that may have on the local area. There are so many wishes for what has happened and what should never have happened in terms of the peat slides. However, now that it is in place, what will be done to protect the environment? In addition, there are many turbines currently in Derrybrien.

Inshore Fishing: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2023)

Carol Nolan: ...and 3,000 full-time jobs in rural and coastal communities. One has to wonder why it is that organisations such as the National Inshore Fishermen's Association, NIFA, have to make their argument repeatedly and loudly to Government and why it is there are such delays in responding from the Government's side. Is Government of the belief and view that inshore fishermen can simply be...

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Jan 2023)

Carol Nolan: ...contract changes by the buyer. This may be of value to horticultural operators, in particular. They continue to struggle with the many crises affecting their sector due to the lack of effective peat alternatives. We hope to see some movement in addressing and preventing the risk of loss and deterioration being transferred to the supplier and the refusal of written confirmation of a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation on Nature Restoration: European Commission (18 Jan 2023) See 4 other results from this debate

...climate. As even science shows, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC is telling us, we need nature restoration for the sake of climate. The World Economic Forum is telling us repeatedly that one of the top global risks for the economy is biodiversity loss. From the European Green Deal, a biodiversity strategy for 2030 was derived. In this view, we need to provide...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: EU Funding (18 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 84 and 109 together. The EU Just Transition Fund aims to address the long-term economic transition of the Midlands, following the end of commercial peat extraction and peat-fired power generation. Following approval by the Government on 29 November 2022, the European Commission adopted Ireland’s first Territorial Just Transition Plan and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (18 Jan 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: ...part of the Programme for Government and Climate Action Plan. This Midlands Retrofit Pilot 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. The pilot is expected to be completed in 2023...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Data (18 Jan 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Carol Nolan: 1841. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the quantity of peat and peat products that have been exported to Japan from 2011 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1409/23]

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (17 Dec 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...who are forgotten by this Government. There are 17,000 of them. There are 6,600 employed directly and 11,000 indirectly employed in horticulture. They were completely forgotten about when the Government shut down the peat industry. It is not a good day for the people who have been allocated home help hours but that help is not arriving to them because it is not available. It is not a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition (14 Dec 2022)

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 Móna. A Just Transition Commissioner was appointed by the Government in November 2019 with the mandate to engage with those affected...