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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Peatlands Restoration and Rehabilitation: Discussion (23 Oct 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I am not talking about peat, which is in the air, but is it not the case that following domestic turf cutting, where it has been tested by scientists the regeneration of bog has been phenomenal?

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 9: General (Resumed) (10 Oct 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...has taken place on some of the designated bogs. If a bog has to be lined, there will be fewer people working on the site. I read today an article in one of the newspapers that 120 people would be involved. As the Leas-Cheann Comhairle will understand better than everyone else, anyone rewetting a bog with peat will need a digger and using a digger means putting in a scraw to block a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bord na Móna (11 Jul 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...get to the root of this situation, however. Why, when planning was pending, could the power station not continue working? This has been going on since 2013. Is there a hidden agenda to wipe out the peat stations in Lanesborough and Shannonbridge and then take out Moneypoint as well? I want a straight answer to that.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bord na Móna (11 Jul 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...of the Government, through Bord na Móna, that 400 jobs have already gone and there will be 200 more now. The vision was supposed to be to 2027 and that it would then take two more years to use up the peat held in stock. Unfortunately, there is something that does not look right about this. Yesterday we listened to Deputy Dooley speak about the closure of the Moneypoint plant and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Preservation of the Biodiversity and Ecosystems of Peatlands: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...450 jobs. I believe there will be redundancies as I do not see any plan for other jobs. In its land division, or its move from the west to put it bluntly, there will be no jobs west of the Shannon in producing peat for Bord na Móna. With regard to the restoration of bogs, would it not have been a good idea to hold onto people in Derryfadda and other such areas who have had great...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Preservation of the Biodiversity and Ecosystems of Peatlands: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...own houses, we are telling them what they cannot do and that they are criminals. Meanwhile, Germany, England and several other countries, including the Netherlands, take different types of milled peat for sewage systems and so on around the country.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...in Galway was closed last year with redundancies. This Christmas, the coal yard in Sligo is closing and Bord na Móna is involved in that. Derryfadda on the western side of the Shannon is out of peat production. Mr. Donnellan referred to 150 jobs going but he needs to be honest with the committee. Those are redundancies and the jobs are not being replaced. Wind turbines do not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: .... Obviously, gas and coal have to be brought from one place to another. Is Mr. Shier telling me that when we are comparing, the comparison cannot be with the little train that is used to bring peat from the bog in the midlands to various places? Is it the case that the comparison must be with gas and coal?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: What if we are talking about bringing peat in from right beside the station?

Finance Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...Bord na Móna. In that context, the announcement earlier about lay-offs at the company came as a bolt out of the blue. Has anyone ever asked whether we could put the jigsaw about which we are dreaming together? We are going to take 1.5 million tonnes of peat out of production as part of so-called decarbonisation, even though the ESB paid €20 per carbon credit for everything...

Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...standards. Germany is constantly opening lignite mines and Vietnam is opening a coal mine every week. If we do something, other countries must do it as well. Bord na Móna will move away from peat after 2030. I met the company's representatives in the audiovisual room a few weeks ago when they gave a presentation and, unfortunately, 1,100 or 1,200 workers will be affected. We...

Climate Change: Statements (7 Dec 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...a 40 ft wagon, haul it to a port and it will go on a ship, then land in Ireland, where it will burn at 40% efficiency. At the same time we are doing that, we will tell Bord na Móna workers that they are sound lads and not to worry, since peat production at Bord na Móna will be phased out by 2030. What jobs will they get? Be honest with people that if that biomass is coming to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Bord na Móna: Chairperson Designate (28 Nov 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...the company had a great name for bringing forward new generations of apprentices, particularly fitters. Unfortunately, it appears that in the period between now and 2030 some 1,600 to 1,700 jobs in peat production will be under pressure. One can look at the company's track record and what it did with the last batch of workers who were employed on temporary contracts. When the company...

Wind Turbine Regulation Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Sep 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...very much power. An interconnector to bring power in from France has been proposed. The public service obligation, PSO, levy has risen again this year for the ordinary people to subsidise something. Peat was subsidised but I do not agree with that. Every year the price is raised by the back door because we are dealing with things that cannot stand on their own and are not viable, for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (7 Oct 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...spots because they will never lift off the ground if they are left, as the saying, on the hind teat? On energy, Bord na Móna made a big announcement during the week that it is moving away from peat for energy but I believe it has no plan. An announcement has been made and from what I understand, we are looking at palm kernels from South Africa, which will mean money going out of...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Payments (18 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 271. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will state for the record of Dáil Éireann that all persons, individual or corporate, who were cutting turf or extracting peat commercially on those bogs that are designated as sites of community importance, have received full compensation and-or relocation to another bog in respect of the losses imposed upon them...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Peat Briquette Production: Bord na Móna (27 May 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the delegates for their presentation. Am I right in saying that Bord na Móna's peat prices have to come from €35 down to €23 or €25 after the levy has gone? The witnesses spoke about biomass, but I have talked to people in Bord na Móna who have looked at the ESB plant in Lanesborough. Is Bord na Móna not clutching at straws in this area? People...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Peat Briquette Production: Bord na Móna (27 May 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Is Bord na Móna expecting to produce peat and supply it to the ESB at €25 per tonne? It will not be able to buy biomass for anything near that. It will cost between €45 to €50 per tonne to import it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Peat Briquette Production: Bord na Móna (27 May 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Mr. Quinn spoke about the new mix of 50:50 peat and biomass for the new briquette Bord na Móna is bringing out. Will the briquette be dearer than the current peat briquette? Bord na Móna sells peat currently for €23 a tonne or €25 a tonne, and it makes briquettes from some of its stock, and so it can produce a briquette much more cheaply. How much will profits be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Peat Briquette Production: Bord na Móna (27 May 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Does Mr. Quinn think that Bord na Móna will lose market share given that peat briquettes coming in from Estonia and other places are being sold more cheaply than the price at which Bord na Móna can produce them? I would be the first to say that they may not be of the same quality. If the price of the biomass briquette increases, which will be the case until Bord na Móna can...