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Climate Action Plan 2021: Statements (23 Nov 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: .... Governments in other countries have capped the massive increases in the price of fuel due to inflation. Depriving people of their livelihoods is not the answer. The Government's answer was to close the peat factories and now we are importing peat. There are other cases of the Government closing down different situations and importing stuff into the country. The Green Party is a...

Climate Action Plan 2021: Statements (23 Nov 2021)

Patricia Ryan: ...intent to Deputy Bruton. Where is the sense in offering incentives to dairy farmers to expand their herds, only to ask them to reduce them a few short years later? Where is the sense in banning peat production and allowing exports, while our own producers have to import it? We need urgent planning for an alternative to peat. Meanwhile, tree planting, about which I listened to the other...

Climate Action Plan 2021: Statements (23 Nov 2021)

Pauline Tully: ...forestry and incentivises new farmers and landowners to enter afforestation. Another ludicrous aspect of the Government's climate action plan is the situation whereby thousands of tonnes of peat are being shipped across a continent to Ireland from Latvia. This does not make environmental, economic or ethical sense. Rather than lecture farmers and rural communities about climate...

Climate Action Plan 2021: Statements (23 Nov 2021)

Ossian Smyth: ...growth through multi-species swards. Reducing emissions from land use and a move to being an overall store of carbon will involve further bog rehabilitation, increased afforestation, and the rewetting of peat organic soils. A new forestry programme will be prepared for launch in 2023. This plan also places a just transition at its core. It sets out four principles that will guide...