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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...

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)

Eamon Ryan: ...sector. A working group has been established by the Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform in the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to examine the future role of peat in the horticulture sector and next steps. The objective of the 2020 Just Transition Fund is to fund innovative projects that contribute to the economic, social and environmental...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (18 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Environmental Protections Agency's National Inventory Report 2020 sets out emissions from different land use sectors. While wetlands, which cover areas used for peat production, was a net emitter of approximately 1.5 Mt CO2 equivalent in 2018, bog rehabilitation and restoration will play a key role in tackling our climate and biodiversity challenges in the coming decades. To support...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (18 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I refer to the reply to Question No. 205 of 10 December 2020. My Department has no direct role in relation to the horticulture sector, including the sourcing of peat or peat products for the sector. However, a working group is being established by the Minister of State for Heritage and Local Government Reform in the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to examine the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Negotiations (17 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...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 over...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Turf Cutting (11 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...cleaner air. It will also describe the measures that will be taken to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to move towards a nationwide residential solid fuel regulation. The National Peatlands Strategy acknowledges that turf-cutting by citizens for their own domestic fuel needs is a traditional activity, and it is not the intention to end this practice. However, the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Horticulture Sector (10 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Environmental Protections Agency's National Inventory Report 2020 sets out emissions from different land use sectors. While wetlands, which covers areas used for peat production, was a net emitter of approximately 1.5 Mt CO2 equivalent in 2018, bog rehabilitation and restoration will playa key role in tackling our climate and biodiversity challenges in the coming...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Bord na Móna (10 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: Environmental Policy (3 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...additional data from our enhanced National Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Programme and Environmental Protection Agency funded research projects also indicates the extent to which other solid fuels, such as peat and wet wood, contribute to localised high levels of particulate matter and other pollutants during the heating season.   It is, therefore, appropriate that we consider a...

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)

Eamon Ryan: ...into by my Department unless and until a final letter of offer and funding agreement has been concluded by both the Department and the relevant project. In relation to assistance for the horticultural peat sector, a number of provisionally approved projects under the Just Transition Fund relate to agricultural enterprises and peatlands-orientated recreational amenity projects. In...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (27 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Environmental Protections Agency's National Inventory Report 2020 sets out emissions from different land use sectors. While wetlands, which covers areas used for peat production, was a net emitter of approximately 1.5 Mt CO2 equivalent in 2018, bog rehabilitation and restoration will play key role in tackling our climate and biodiversity challenges in the coming...

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

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications I have no remit in relation to the horticulture sector or the export of horticultural peat or root stock. However I understand that the information sought by the Deputy is provided by the Central Statistics Office and can be found at www.cso.ie.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition Fund (20 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...on a non-statutory basis to facilitate discussions and work with stakeholders to develop, mobilise, and deliver opportunities for the Midlands for both those directly affected by the move away from peat harvesting and the wider community. As part of his role, the Commissioner has been asked to meet with those affected and to make recommendations on actions or measures that he believes...

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 Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Bord na Móna (13 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ..., or the management of stock by Bord na Móna. Similarly, as Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications I have no remit in relation to the horticulture sector or the sourcing of peat for the sector. As set out in my reply to Question No. 205 of 10 December 2020, officials from my Department will engage with their counterparts in the Department of Agriculture,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Horticulture Sector (17 Dec 2020)

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.