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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (14 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: ...sensitivities, such as habitats and species (including NATURA sites, Freshwater Pearl Mussel and Hen Harrier, Breeding Curlew, open habitat birds, Annex I habitats), high nature value farmland, peat soils, hedgerows, water quality (including fisheries sensitive areas, waterbody status, acid sensitive areas), archaeology, landscape, and local sensitivities.” It has been necessary...

Energy Charter Treaty: Statements (9 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: ...from sectors we allowed to develop to a very considerable scale, whether we did so wittingly or unwittingly. I do not think anyone would be fully satisfied with how we have managed the exit from peat, which is a particular case in context. The exit was driven to a considerable extent by the courts. I was in government at the time and we created the role of the just transition...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: ...journals in the Library downstairs today. They are full of questions asking why the Government is singling out mushrooms and excluding them from the horticultural crisis fund. I will tell the House why. It is because they are linked to peat, which is the subject of controversy. Mushrooms should not be penalised. Irish mushrooms are a fantastic crop. Indeed, three or four aeroplanes...

Seanad: Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Nov 2023)

Ossian Smyth: ...energy support scheme. This demonstrates that a double-sided contract for difference which involves payback when market prices exceed €120 per megawatt hour does not hinder investment in wind generation. Coal, oil, peat and biomass by comparison will experience no increase in unexpected revenue due to the variable cap proposed by the Department. The variable cap contained in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Concerns for Sourcing Winter Animal Feed in Shannon Callows Area: Discussion (8 Nov 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...be fighting to keep your land. Those are the facts and there is no point in waffling. If the nature restoration law that is being voted on goes through in Europe, and all our MEPs are backing it, peaty-type soil, which is in the witnesses' area, will be in trouble. There is no point in saying anything different. Second, how many Ministers have there been down through the years? I...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Reports (7 Nov 2023)

Leo Varadkar: -----and, of course, it can be fuelled by biogas, which is a sustainable form of gas. Another company is turning the old peat-powered power station infrastructure in Shannonbridge to battery storage, so we can store excess wind energy when we have it and put it back into the grid. When it comes to beef, it is not necessarily about increasing production. We are seeing herd stabilisation...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Policies (7 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: ...Scheme along with several European Innovation Partnership (EIP) research projects, to provide the required data for the development of future policy options in this area. An example is the RePEAT project working to accurately identify the extent of organic soils under agricultural management while investment in European Innovation Projects in the Midlands is developing a results-based...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

..., it is indeed the case that we have to be more careful and conscientious in terms of our forestry plans to avoid impacts on water quality. Also, traditionally, a lot of forestry went in on peat soils, which is not positive from a climate change perspective. In terms of the development-----

Seanad: Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: Second Stage (26 Oct 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...does this by implementing a cap of €120 per MWh on electricity produced from renewable sources, namely wind, solar and hydropower. In addition, a variable cap, of at least €180, is applied to coal, oil, peat and biomass fuels. On the basis of economic appraisal conducted by my Department, I note that these cap levels strike the balance of capturing excess revenue in the...

Electricity Costs (Emergency Measures) Domestic Accounts Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...prices being charged in this country in comparison to our EU colleagues. We have the highest prices by far. We can blame the climate crisis or whatever but the Minister's actions in shutting down peat stations and the bogs-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2023)

Holly Cairns: ...decision-making in recent decades, rivers have been stripped of their natural defences. Planning has been granted for building on floodplains. Ditches, culverts, hedgerows and tree cover have been removed, peat bogs have been drained and poorly planned concrete flood defences have been installed. All of these simply push flooding downstream at top speed. Restoring these natural flood...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine's Response to Ash Dieback: Limerick and Tipperary Woodland Owners (25 Oct 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ..., they need to get the new grant. This is the only way forward. It is not complicated to decide how to do this. The Department was long enough going over and back to the EU about the depth of peat and the 30 cm and 50 cm. I cannot understand how under state aid rules we could not have got this across the line also. It should be across the line. It is a straight and simple case where...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Richard Bruton: I will come back in on one thing. It seems that some of the big opportunities include river catchments, forestry, peat wetlands and I am sure there are others. Those are off the top of my head. How do they stack up at the moment as regards getting into the sort of framework that will see fast track of investment for them? It seems from what we have heard that there is a great deal of...

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (18 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: .... Do Ministers not talk to small business owners to understand the difficulties they had, even before the crisis with the oil? The Green Party and the Minister, Deputy Ryan, stopped Shannon LNG, stopped the peat plants and put concrete into the oil pipe at Barryroe, which was an act of national sabotage bordering on treason. We are cutting our noses off to spite our faces. We are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023) See 6 other results from this debate

...pest management, IPM. However, there must be a level playing field within the EU so that we can have access to the same products as our European counterparts. The long-standing issue around the availability and cost of peat remains an unsolved issue for the sector. The IFA is fully behind using alternatives when they are commercially available, but until such a time as that occurs, a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Unlocking EU Funding: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

.... Interestingly, the programme, which is 50% co-funded by the Government, allocates a substantial €169 million to support the just transition. There are three priorities: generating employment for former peat communities; the restoration of degraded peatlands and the regeneration of associated assets; and smart and sustainable mobility. I would like to give the members further...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: EU Directives (17 Oct 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...=1&noncom=0&am p;r_dossier=2021%2F2116&decision_date_from=& decision_date_to=&EM=IE&DG=ENV&title =&submit=Search INFR(2019)4007 Directive 2011/92/EU on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment in relation to peat extraction projects Reasoned Opinion ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (12 Oct 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: ...Investments (NPIs) and/or Landscape Actions (LAs). ACRES General participants can avail of a maximum of €7,311 per annum, with these farmers also being able to select the Low Input Grassland (LIG) or Low-Input Peat Grassland (LPIG) result-based actions also, where applicable. Earlier this year, the ACRES Co-operation Project (CP) Teams reviewed the maps for every ACRES CP...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (11 Oct 2023)

Mary Butler: ...activities.To date, we have provided for the establishment of the national agricultural soil carbon observatory and the national soil sampling programme along with a range of research projects on peat soils. An example is the RePEAT project working to accurately identify the extent of organic soils under agricultural management while investment in European innovation projects in the...