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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-11-23/11/
23 Nov 2021 -
Horticultural Peat (Temporary Measures) Bill 2021: First Stage
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-11-30/10/
30 Nov 2021 -
Horticultural Peat (Temporary Measures) Bill 2021: Second Stage
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-11-23/11/
23 Nov 2021 -
Senator Erin McGreehan I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend...the Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2021 and the Environmental Protection Agency Acts 1992 to 2011...to make exceptional provision for peat extraction for the purpose of horticulture for a temporary period
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-11-30/10/
30 Nov 2021 -
Also, 0.12% of Irish peatlands is required for peat extraction for the purposes of horticulture....As has been said, the Bill will reinstate for a temporary period the exemption from the Planning and...Development (Amendment) Act 2021 for peat extraction for the purposes of horticulture....I accept there are issues around why the horticulture sector cannot source peat here....If it was able to source peat here, we would not be here debating this Bill.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-11-30/10/
30 Nov 2021 -
Let us make it very clear that 11 times the amount of peat needed by the horticulture industry is exported...This Bill does not serve any purpose....Second, it is a pity that Green Party Senators were left out of the discussion on this Bill before it...Why are they exporting peat when our horticulture industry needs it?...If we are exporting peat, why are we not giving it to the horticulture industry?
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-11-30/10/
30 Nov 2021 -
heightened sense of urgency and willingness to do something about the issue, more or less because of the Bill...I am very pleased to co-sponsor the Bill....peat industry, which is a vital component of the horticultural nursery and mushroom industry....We are discussing horticultural peat again because there has been no action to date....We need an interim solution such as the one suggested in the Bill.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-11-30/10/
30 Nov 2021 -
Senator Lynn Boylan The Government has known for many years that the use of peat for horticulture must...Today, we have the bizarre situation of hundreds of thousands of tonnes of peat, including horticultural...peat, being exported from the State, while the horticulture industry is left to import peat from elsewhere...In 2019, the Government introduced badly drafted regulations as a short-term measure to address a mess...The Bill proposes a widespread and unlimited exemption from planning for peat extraction for use in the
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-11-30/10/
30 Nov 2021 -
If we say this is about the small horticulture businesses and not the big peat contractors, which, as...We have already had our temporary or emergency period for transition....The need to exit from horticultural peat has been clear since the 1990s and even in 2014, Ireland was...Let us be clear, the Bill allows for the continuation of exports of horticultural peat....Extraction is not limited for the purposes of only domestic horticultural peat.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-11-30/10/
30 Nov 2021 -
Senator Regina Doherty The Horticultural Peat (Temporary Measures) Bill is an attempt to find a just...What is in this Bill is a workable solution for an industry in crisis....It is not about exporting peat, nor is it about using peat for anything other than horticultural practices...That primary legislation is this Bill....peat from Sri Lanka, Latvia and wherever else we can get our hands on it.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-11-30/10/
30 Nov 2021 -
I have worked in the horticulture business all of my life....the horticultural sector, we need to support it....and the horticultural sector....This Bill is proposing a relatively short timeframe for the controlled harvesting of peat for the horticultural...I thank the proposers of the Bill.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-11-23/10/
23 Nov 2021 -
Leader of the House, Senator Doherty, together with Senator Robbie Gallagher, presented the cross-party Horticultural...Peat (Temporary Measures) Bill 2021 today....The Bill shows how we can deal with the practical impact of the lack of peat for the horticultural industry...It is a temporary measure and will support growers....It is a measure that will prevent the higher costs of importing peat into this country.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-11-30/10/
30 Nov 2021 -
A recent study by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine estimated that the horticultural...and peat-free growing media....that we need without having to use peat....This Bill does that....The Bill complies with EU law.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-11-30/10/
30 Nov 2021 -
Senator Malcolm Byrne There can be no greener sector of the economy than horticulture and mushroom...Let us consider the volume of peat used in a normal year....Peat for energy usage was normally of the order of approximately 14 million cu. m....Thus, it is a very small proportion of the peat that was actually used....not given up using peat.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-10-13/11/
13 Oct 2021 -
last year and this year, Growing Media Ireland and the Irish Farmers' Association, IFA, on behalf of horticultural...peat producers, highlighted the many substitutes to peat, but said that, in 2021, there is not a sufficient...They said that removing peat-based growing media would damage our food and horticultural sectors....They highlighted how the sector faces a shutdown and that stock supplies would be exhausted by summer 2021...as big an impact on our carbon footprint, while the same bog emits carbon whether or not we extract peat
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-10-13/11/
13 Oct 2021 -
Senator Lynn Boylan I acknowledge that the situation with horticultural peat for some businesses has...Harvested peat, whether it is burned or milled for horticultural use, adds to carbon emissions and destroys...I am fully aware and appreciate that the horticultural peat industry has been working very hard to try...If we are to allow the harvesting of peat for horticultural use as a short-term emergency measure, we...There are also some horticultural plants that do not require peat sources.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-11-30/10/
30 Nov 2021 -
I do not think it is fair for any Senator to say that anybody who put their name to this particular Bill...I studied horticulture in college and my first job for a number of years was teaching horticulture....I was involved in running a horticulture business for some time....I and the other Senators who signed this Bill are here for the right reasons....That should be used for the horticultural sector.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-10-13/11/
13 Oct 2021 -
He has published a report on the review of the use of peat moss in the horticulture industry and has...in the planning Act by way of the general scheme of the planning and development (amendment) (No. 2) Bill...2021....There are complexities in terms of the environmental benefits of ending horticultural peat extraction...peat and the recommendations that will seek to address the current crisis in the horticulture industry
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-11-30/10/
30 Nov 2021 -
If the Bill before us was going to solve the problems of the horticultural industry I would say that....It is not helping the horticultural sector....Peat is a global commodity. For Ireland it has always been a global commodity....Of the peat we extract, 90% is exported. That continues to be the case today, years later....the solutions for the horticultural sector.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-11-30/10/
30 Nov 2021 -
Senator Boylan also mentioned bog rewetting and other climate measures as well as figures for importing...and exporting peat....In the context of interruptions to the supply of peat in the horticultural industry, the Government wants...to protect jobs, livelihoods and our domestic horticultural industry....Munoo Prasad, to examine the potential of alternatives to the use of peat in horticulture.
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Debate: Joint Committee On Agriculture, Food And The Marine
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_agriculture_food_and_the_marine/2021-07-20/4/
20 Jul 2021 -
Lucas talked about and has done quite a lot to support the horticulture sector....Since 2019, Bord na Móna has not harvested any peat....peat and their representative organisations....peat were supplied with 40% more peat in 2021 than the equivalent period in 2020....It has also formally ceased the export of horticulture grade peat, which resulted in 94% of pre-existing
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-11-30/10/
30 Nov 2021 -
either the Attorney General or the Minister of State but there seems to be a strong belief that this Bill...Does this Bill contravene a law introduced in the previous Dáil by a Fine Gael Minister?...extraction into jobs in areas such as bog rewetting and other vital climate measures which fit in with...We talk about the value peat has to the sector but the best value peat has is to our planet....Is the temporary suspension of laws, particularly EU directives, the best way to govern, lead, legislate
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-10-13/11/
13 Oct 2021 -
The reality is that the horticultural sector is crumbling and in dire need of assistance, particularly...First, it requests the resumption of peat harvesting from existing horticultural peat bogs for 2021,...We know most soft roots can grow without peat....We know many plants prefer to be peat free. We have become reliant on peat....I am concerned with protecting the horticultural food sector and the nursery stock sector.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-11-30/10/
30 Nov 2021 -
Within the horticulture industry, 17,000 people are affected by this issue....This debate is about the licensing of peat in order that we can have a horticulture industry that will...This Bill is brought forward to try to give some hope to the farming community when it comes to horticulture...Horticulture is in almost every parish in our communities....I hope that the Bill is the start of that process.
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Debate: Joint Committee On Agriculture, Food And The Marine
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_agriculture_food_and_the_marine/2021-07-20/4/
20 Jul 2021 -
I am the head of horticulture and plant health....When one looks at the figures the horticulture sector is putting forward to us in terms of what is required...In terms of the peat alternatives, as the Senator has said, the head of horticulture in Teagasc gave...We also issued the 2021 research call....Within that one of the areas of research was to find alternatives to peat-based growing media for horticulture
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Debate: Joint Committee On Agriculture, Food And The Marine
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_agriculture_food_and_the_marine/2022-03-23/2/
23 Mar 2022 -
Regarding horticultural peat supplies, once the full implications of the High Court decision became clear...the company signalled to its domestic horticultural peat customers that it would continue to fulfil...orders of horticultural peat in 2021, while growers put in place agreements with their new suppliers....The ability of Bord na Móna to extend supply of horticultural peat to domestic growers required careful...management of horticultural grade peat reserves - a small percentage of Bord na Móna's peat stock.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-10-13/11/
13 Oct 2021 -
It is obvious that despite their measured tones they are horrified at the direction things have taken...To be clear, the report was about 4,000 tonnes of horticultural peat which had been imported to Ireland...That peat is now being stored in Rathowen, next to where an extraction had been abandoned in 2019.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-11-30/10/
30 Nov 2021 -
I oppose the export of Irish peat to the UK and other places for horticultural purposes there.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-10-13/11/
13 Oct 2021 -
Senator Rónán Mullen I know that, but the Minister of State's tones are measured....Peat is, of course, important to the horticultural sector, particularly in mushroom farming....We end peat extraction in Ireland and start shipping in peat from the other side of Europe....Domestic supplies of peat inevitably will be exhausted and the horticultural sector will have to rely...The Irish Farmers Association, IFA, and the horticultural sector have called for legislation in this
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-10-13/11/
13 Oct 2021 -
friendly with in that region, and the areas around Ballinasloe, Galway and Shannonbridge are major peat...When we talked about job losses with the closure of ESB and Bord na Móna peat operations, the Minister...My first job was as a horticulture teacher and technician....legislation or whatever, and we must get agreement on this, which is that we bring in legislation on a temporary...Bringing in peat from Latvia and dumping it on a bog in the Minister of State's county is shocking and
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-11-30/10/
30 Nov 2021 -
Senator Michael McDowell -----who are promoting this Bill....We now have to have some derogation simply to produce extracted peat or mined peat, if you want to use...Ministers in the various Departments, as it is a cross-departmental issue, are working on some kind of measure..., which this Bill is trying to get at, that will keep the show on the road for all those people who are...If not this Bill, which will be talked out today rather than voted on, something must happen.
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Debate: Joint Committee On Agriculture, Food And The Marine
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_agriculture_food_and_the_marine/2021-07-06/2/
6 Jul 2021 -
This was signalled perhaps two years ago, when Bord na Móna, for commercial reasons, ended horticultural...peat extract....I do not think the climate Bill has any bearing whatsoever on this and we should not leave anyone watching...Finally, what proportion of harvested horticultural peat was exported in 2019?...Can our guests confirm that we are looking for a solution purely for domestic horticultural peat and
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Debate: Joint Committee On Agriculture And The Marine
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_agriculture_and_the_marine/2021-02-16/3/
16 Feb 2021 -
The area of land for horticultural peat production in Ireland is 1,700 ha, which is 0.12% of total Irish...The carbon emissions from the area that produces horticultural peat is now less than 0.15% of total Irish...is that we want the legislation to be amended urgently in order that we can get back harvesting in 2021...and have sufficient peat to meet Irish demands....We are not just producing peat and nothing else.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-10-13/11/
13 Oct 2021 -
I acknowledge his presence here and his meeting with representatives of the horticulture industry....for us to stand up in rural Ireland and say we are trying our best to reduce our carbon count when peat...We are not talking about burning peat or that kind of scenario....This is something to ensure our horticulture industry can survive....We did appropriate work on the climate action Bill and, in many ways, got the backing of rural Ireland
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Debate: Joint Committee On Agriculture, Food And The Marine
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_agriculture_food_and_the_marine/2021-09-21/3/
21 Sep 2021 -
measures....The working group produced an issues paper on the review of the use of peat moss in the horticultural...has focused on the potential of alternatives to the use of peat in the horticultural industry....for horticulture in Ireland and on the horticultural industry in Ireland, the reliance on peat in the...Climate and Communications, and of Housing, Local Government and Heritage are working on a suite of measures
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Debate: Joint Committee On Agriculture, Food And The Marine
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_agriculture_food_and_the_marine/2021-07-06/2/
6 Jul 2021 -
not take the opportunity to ensure that we have robust environmental rules around the extraction of horticultural...peat and ensure that those rules are enforced and monitored in a way that you simply cannot do when...extraction for the use of fuel and energy with that of horticultural peat....We are talking about horticultural peat mass being 0.1% of the overall peat mass in this country....It is setting out that our Government's priority is tokenistic measures that do nothing for the environment
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Debate: Joint Committee On Agriculture, Food And The Marine
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_agriculture_food_and_the_marine/2021-07-06/2/
6 Jul 2021 -
It is grossly unfair and hypocrisy at its best to talk about bringing in peat or substitute peat from...I have focused on mushrooms but there is also the general horticulture sector....Peat and milled peat are also used in forestry, particularly forestry nursery stock, and also in horticulture...We talk about sustainability and we discussed the climate action Bill, but this does not make sense....Basically, we have carbon leakage by importing peat substitutes.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-11-30/10/
30 Nov 2021 -
It is crucial that we talk about peat, transition and climate change, but who is talking about people...We are talking about peat. I live in Ballinasloe.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-11-30/10/
30 Nov 2021 -
saying to people that they cannot extract 0.1% of the entire peatland of the State for the purpose of horticulture...The horticulture sector would use 0.12% in total and the mushroom industry would be much less than that...We need a temporary, commonsense solution in order to sustain those jobs.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-10-13/11/
13 Oct 2021 -
It takes ten years for 1 cm of peat to form....We must end peat extraction and exploitation here and everywhere....I am cautious about whatever emergency measures might be taken. They must be for only one year....I think that 2021 is mentioned here....I sympathise with the horticultural sector.
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Debate: Joint Committee On Agriculture, Food And The Marine
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_agriculture_food_and_the_marine/2022-03-23/2/
23 Mar 2022 -
We informed them of the situation in 2020 or 2021....We ceased manufacturing products in the latter part of the summer in 2021....McNamara was on the horticultural technical group, we have come back onto the playing pitch to see what...I have outlined the measures we have taken in recent weeks to alleviate some of those challenges being
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2021-11-17/9/
17 Nov 2021 -
At the same time, this Government cannot put a process in place to measure the carbon that farmers are...The Government put a working group in charge of the provision of peat for horticulture, which has recommended...Is the Government going to keep people in the horticultural business in suspense?...That is what is going on and now we have this Labour Party Bill, which is supported by Sinn Féin....Some Sinn Féin Deputies say they will vote in favour of the Bill but then they are critical of its contents
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2021-06-16/11/
16 Jun 2021 -
Planning and Development (Climate Emergency Measures) (Amendment) Bill 2021: First Stage
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Debate: Joint Committee On Agriculture And The Marine
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_agriculture_and_the_marine/2021-02-16/3/
16 Feb 2021 -
The review also referred to graduating the elimination of the use of peat moss in the horticultural industry...How can the horticultural sector have any confidence in such a proposal, given what is happening with...How can we believe that when one looks at the peat contractors?...Ireland wants to be the good boy and girl of Europe and goes further than it needs to with many measures
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2021-07-14/25/
14 Jul 2021 -
They will bring some fairness to this climate action Bill. I want to support this in terms of peat....It makes absolutely no sense that the horticulture and the nursery sectors are not able to acquire locally...harvested peat....We will only hit 20% to 25% of our target in 2021....I welcome this climate Bill.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2022-03-03/35/
3 Mar 2022 -
As the Deputy is aware, extraction of peat for the Irish professional horticultural industry in recent...Approximately 60% of the value of Irish horticulture is dependent on peat as a growth medium, with the...The working paper to address challenges related to peat supply in the horticulture sector was put in...The actions include a range of targeted measures which reflect the multifaceted nature of the problem...Most amenity horticulture growers are now using reduced peat levels in growing substrate, where the peat
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Debate: Joint Committee On Agriculture, Food And The Marine
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_agriculture_food_and_the_marine/2021-09-21/3/
21 Sep 2021 -
Minister of State said in his opening statement, the three Departments have been looking at a suite of measures...I know it was said the previous day and my understanding is the paper and the suite of measures have...detail I can go into, but the type of thing in the paper would include looking at whether stocks of peat...helpful; and using the expertise in various organisations, in terms of their supply chains, to see if peat...growing media for horticulture production.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2021-10-20/272/
20 Oct 2021 -
are generating challenges (volume and price) for the horticulture sector....Moss in the Horticultural Industry....Furthermore, the Department’s Research Call for 2021 included a call for further research on alternatives...to peat based growing media for horticultural production....Industry Forum, across a range of issues, including peat use.
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Debate: Joint Committee On Agriculture, Food And The Marine
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_agriculture_food_and_the_marine/2021-09-21/3/
21 Sep 2021 -
when we have peat here....Any of the people in the horticulture industry who are going to try to stay in the game and work with...Climate and Communications, and of Housing, Local Government and Heritage are working on a suite of measures...as regards the situation in the horticultural industry....I want to know what that suite of measures is. What is the Government proposing?
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-10-13/11/
13 Oct 2021 -
The horticulture sector is to the forefront of our considerations....I made the remark that peat extraction is permitted within the State but the process around it is very...Deputy Eamon Ryan, to lead from that perspective in terms of how the Government responds with climate measures...The process has been litigious and that is a considerable issue in allowing peat extraction....As I said in my earlier remarks, horticulture is the fourth most valuable sector of our agriculture industry
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2021-09-30/39/
30 Sep 2021 -
Planning and Development (Climate Emergency Measures) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2021-07-07/19/
7 Jul 2021 -
The Bill already provides for a discrete amendment to section 690A of the Companies Act 2014, as inserted...The 2020 Act set out temporary company law measures required to mitigate the impact of the pandemic on...This period was extended to 31 December 2021.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2021-10-06/17/
6 Oct 2021 -
Planning and Development (Climate Emergency Measures) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) [
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2021-10-06/17/
6 Oct 2021 -
Planning and Development (Climate Emergency Measures) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) [
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-06-28/7/
28 Jun 2021 -
The industry is heavily reliant on high-grade peat and there is currently no viable alternative to horticultural...peat....peat....The Minister must introduce measures to ensure the resumption of the harvesting of horticultural peat...We need a fair and efficient system which can allow horticultural peat harvesting to continue while the
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2021-05-20/12/
20 May 2021 -
Hackett) It should be noted at the outset that my Department has no role in the regulation or control of peat...of peat moss....Following on from the publication of a report on the review of the use of peat moss in the horticulture...in the horticulture sector....A 50% budget increase to €9 million has been secured for 2021, which reflects the importance of the sector
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-11-23/10/
23 Nov 2021 -
Senator Erin McGreehan I propose an amendment to the Order of Business, namely, that the Horticultural...Peat (Temporary Measures) Bill 2021 be taken before No. 1 on the Order Paper....We all know the Bill is really important. I commend the Leader on her work on it....It is necessary to stop the hypocritical practice of importing peat.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2021-07-14/25/
14 Jul 2021 -
Deputy Michael Healy-Rae Yesterday, people from the peat industry were outside....I met people who have been involved in horticulture for decades. Their families are steeped in it....They wonder how in the name of God it makes sense that they must now get their peat from Scotland....The Minister is forcing them to use peat from abroad because he shut down our peat industry.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-11-30/10/
30 Nov 2021 -
Senator Regina Doherty I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2021-10-06/17/
6 Oct 2021 -
postponed division relating to the Second Reading motion on the Planning and Development (Climate Emergency Measures...) (Amendment) Bill 2021....On Thursday, 30 September 2021, on the question that the Bill be now read a Second Time, a division was
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-06-28/7/
28 Jun 2021 -
There is a strong understanding in the mushroom sector and the wider horticulture sector that in the...future, peat will not play a major role in their production but we need that just transition....We need to be able to support the sector and move to that place where it is not so reliant on peat....This is from coconut husk and would have to be imported but the environmental damage would have to be measured...We must support the horticulture sector.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2019-11-06/38/
6 Nov 2019 -
With regard to the horticultural sector, the horticultural peat plants at Coolnamona and Kilberry are...There is an opportunity to start using municipal waste to generate compost free from horticultural peat...This is an opportunity to use that waste to move towards more sustainable horticultural products....become a centre for training and apprenticeships in the new skills required for installing green energy measures...peat and sod fuel, for example.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-03/48/
3 Nov 2020 -
industry on the availability of peat moss....for the horticulture sector....Following on from the publication of a report on the review of the use of peat moss in the horticulture...the horticulture sector....A 50% budget increase to €9 million was secured by the Department for 2021, reflecting the importance
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-12-16/14/
16 Dec 2021 -
The Appropriation Bill 2021 is an essential element of financial housekeeping that must be concluded...These Estimates also reflect the continued significant expenditure on measures to respond to Covid-19...This figure has allowed Government to continue critically important expenditure measures introduced in...The passage of the Appropriation Bill 2021 allows continued funding, in the period before the 2022 Estimates...The passing of the Bill will authorise in law all of the expenditure that has been undertaken in 2021
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-07-02/7/
2 Jul 2021 -
Change is needed but it does not necessarily have to be part of this Bill....This goes back to where Senator Boyhan started with the mushroom and horticulture industry....We ceased peat production before having an alternative....While I say the amendments today will not change anything, there is one issue outside the scope of this Bill...He needs to get Irish peat back into the mushroom and horticulture plants until such time as an alternative
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-07-13/4/
13 Jul 2021 -
Senator Alice-Mary Higgins This relates to the extension of measures to December 2021 from March 2021...There are positive things in this Bill but there are also mistakes.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-06-28/7/
28 Jun 2021 -
Regarding the future use of peat moss in the horticulture sector, last September, the Minister of State...moss in the horticultural industry....It has addressed the key issues raised in the report itself, including future use of peat by the horticulture...growing media for horticultural production in this area in its latest research call for 2021....The budget has increased to €9 million, which is a 50% increase, for 2021.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-11-30/10/
30 Nov 2021 -
It provides targeted support to help mobilise around €55 billion over the period 2021-2027 in the most
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Debate: Joint Committee On Agriculture, Food And The Marine
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_agriculture_food_and_the_marine/2021-07-06/2/
6 Jul 2021 -
The interim report effectively recommended that peat harvesting continue throughout 2021 under emergency...a full EIA, and release the industry from the requirement of a licence for a limited time, that is, 2021...We submitted to the working group, which submitted to the Departments, the heads of a Bill that would...This is a disaster for the horticultural industry, an industry that we need to build up....It certainly appears to be a case of anything but peat.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2021-05-20/12/
20 May 2021 -
the group reports to the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, but certainly it is directly affecting the horticulture...However, there are, for example, some commercial organic growers who are peat free, so there is scope...There is work and research being done on this but, again, it is about implementing measures over the...next number of years to help our sector transition out of peat....Peat extraction must stop but horticulture must continue and that is what I will endeavour to support
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-03-29/6/
29 Mar 2021 -
The Bill has nothing to do with that....entitled to receive, illness benefit for Covid-19 absence; or in receipt of, or entitled to receive, the temporary...entitled to receive, illness benefit for Covid-19 absence; or in receipt of, or entitled to receive, the temporary...this Bill....This measure provides the benefit of the enhanced protections to relevant tenants until 13 July 2021.
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Debate: Joint Committee On Agriculture, Food And The Marine
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_agriculture_food_and_the_marine/2021-07-20/4/
20 Jul 2021 -
There is no way for extraction to take place legally on a site greater than 50 ha in 2021....We are very conscious of the situation the horticulture sector finds itself in but the fundamental issue
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2021-07-15/6/
15 Jul 2021 -
As regards the future use of peat moss in the horticulture sector, which is of significant importance...moss in the horticultural industry....by the horticulture sector....growing media for horticultural production in this area in our latest research call for 2021....It is of huge concern to everyone in both the amenity horticulture and mushroom farming sectors.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-05-25/12/
25 May 2021 -
the following: “ “(b) Part 3, continue in operation for the period beginning on the 10th day of June 2021...and ending on the 30th day of September 2021.”.”....It is for these reasons that I strongly oppose the Bill as it stands....The Bill cannot reasonably be said to have passed the legal requirement of proportionality or necessity...I propose that the powers be extended until no later than 30 September 2021.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2020-12-02/10/
2 Dec 2020 -
The horticultural industry makes a significant contribution to the economy....Only 0.4% of total Irish peatlands are used for horticulture peat harvesting....Current peat supplies will run out in July 2021. What are people left to do?...It will cost four times more than local peat....In supporting our own food culture and horticulture, it is important that we have a debate on this with
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2021-03-25/7/
25 Mar 2021 -
a tenant during the emergency period, specifying a termination date that falls on or after 13 April 2021...and before 13 July 2021, that is, during the three-month extension provided under this Bill....subsection 1A applies in his or her case, the specified termination date shall be deemed to be 13 July 2021...This measure provides the benefit of the enhanced protections to relevant tenants until that date.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2021-11-17/11/
17 Nov 2021 -
The report from the horticultural peat working group has been sent to me and I have sent it on to the...There is a dual consent process in place in Ireland and the measures that are outlined in the report...Government, collectively, to seek a solution that will work for the industry in Ireland and for the horticultural...Certainly, we have to give consideration to the phasing out of horticultural peat in retail and other
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-11-30/6/
30 Nov 2021 -
Order of Business is No. 1, motion regarding the draft Planning and Development (LRD Fees) Regulations 2021...without debate; No. 2, motion regarding the Sectoral Employment Order (Electrical Contracting Sector) 2021...to committee, to be taken on conclusion of No. 1, without debate; No. 3, Private Members' business, Horticultural...Peat (Temporary Measures) Bill 2021 - Second Stage, to be taken at 2.45 p.m., and not withstanding anything...proceedings thereon shall adjourn after 90 minutes; No. 4, statements on the National Development Plan 2021
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2021-11-17/9/
17 Nov 2021 -
Every effort we make as individuals is worthwhile, and we should remain committed to these measures....We have seen a situation arise in which shiploads of horticultural peat are being imported into this...peat....This is a measure that runs counter to the purpose for which the ban on horticultural peat harvesting...We will support this Bill.
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Debate: Joint Committee On Agriculture And The Marine
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_agriculture_and_the_marine/2021-02-16/3/
16 Feb 2021 -
We feel that this is the only legal avenue open to get harvesting in 2021 and have sufficient supplies...Otherwise, we face the closure of imports from September, if the Irish horticultural industry and the
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-10-15/29/
15 Oct 2020 -
I wish to speak today on horticultural peat harvesting....Only 24% of total peatlands are used for horticulture peat harvesting....The CO2 emissions from horticulture peat harvesting are a mere 0.52% of potential Irish emissions for...moss supply in Ireland by July 2021....If the industry is not permitted to harvest peat for horticulture, it will be imported from other parts
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-06-10/3/
10 Jun 2020 -
We were working on introducing new support measures later in the year for rehabilitation but, as the...On the temporary wage subvention, this is available to any company that can demonstrate to the Revenue...Bord na Móna has faced such dramatic falls - well beyond that - in the demand for horticultural peat...and energy peat, particularly as a result of the demand for electricity where peat has largely been off...It has a justifiable case that the temporary wage subsidy applies to its business.
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Debate: Select Committee On Finance, Public Expenditure And Reform, And Taoiseach
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_finance_public_expenditure_and_reform_and_taoiseach/2021-11-16/3/
16 Nov 2021 -
As the Minister is aware, the scheme was introduced as a temporary measure in 2016 with an estimated
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1933-06-22/12/
22 Jun 1933 -
MacEntee My attitude is that I would be quite ready to go on now with the Temporary Economies Bill,...On the other hand, if the House is interested in peat it might be as well to dispose of that before we...again take up the Temporary Economies Bill.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2021-05-05/14/
5 May 2021 -
This is evident in the horticultural sector....Nurseries and mushroom factories in County Tipperary face additional costs to import horticultural peat...because they are being prevented from obtaining Irish horticultural peat....This is an example of where joined-up lateral thinking is needed but this, like horticultural peat itself...We have pressed him on this since a draft of the Bill was published in October last.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2021-03-24/15/
24 Mar 2021 -
to 12 July 2021....to 12 April 2021....The scheme ensures that renters experiencing a temporary loss of employment can continue to meet their...The rental measures proposed under this Bill will help further....Other measures that we brought forward have worked and this is an addition and extension to them.
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Debate: Joint Committee On Agriculture, Food And The Marine
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_agriculture_food_and_the_marine/2022-03-02/3/
2 Mar 2022 -
Ms Niamh Brennan I will address the question on the horticulture sector....The peat issue has been overshadowed by the retail issue and the crisis in the horticultural sector in...We are losing growers from the industry because they cannot continue to endure the measures....That will not be sufficient in the short term for peat for the commercial horticultural sector....peat industry.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2020-10-07/4/
7 Oct 2020 -
I wish to raise the national peatlands strategy and the issue of peat moss in the horticultural industry...I know the climate action Bill is to be published in the coming days....However, I also understand the importance of peat in the horticultural industry....We know that horticultural peat is of critical importance to the use of nursery stock in the forestry...Peat moss is also used in organic gardening and horticulture.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-05-24/17/
24 May 2021 -
2021 to the House....The Bill is divided into five sections....Section 2 of the Bill amends section 1 of the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act...(Amendment) Bill 2021 and provides that the legislation shall come into operation on 10 June 2021....I commend the Bill to the House.
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Debate: Select Committee On Finance, Public Expenditure And Reform, And Taoiseach
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_finance_public_expenditure_and_reform_and_taoiseach/2020-11-17/3/
17 Nov 2020 -
Farrell On a point of clarification, in the distributional analysis of tax and welfare changes in Budget 2021...Can the Minister clarify if he expects this measure to be passed on to consumers or as a business support...Separately, the VAT reduction is temporary, as are certain social welfare measures, so will he commit...committee to multiannual welfare increases in every year to 2030 in line with these sections of the Bill
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-03-26/17/
26 Mar 2021 -
In light of this prolonged challenge, I ask Senators to pass the Residential Tenancies Bill 2021 to enable...The scheme ensures that renters experiencing a temporary loss of employment can continue to meet their...The emergency measures introduced by this Government have prevented systematic problems in the rental...The rental measures proposed under this Bill will help further....to 12 July 2021.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2022-05-11/20/
11 May 2022 -
exercised as necessary, the Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Prohibition of Winter Disconnections) Bill...2021 be deemed to be read a second time this day twelve months to allow for the development and implementation...of a package of measures to further strengthen protections for financially vulnerable energy customers...National Energy Security Framework and for that then to be taken into account in the consideration of this Bill
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1933-06-22/12/
22 Jun 1933 -
MacEntee Is there any prospect that the debate, on this supplementary Estimate for peat, would end at...Then after 8 o'clock if Deputy Dillon wants to continue the debate on the Temporary Economies Bill, we...As to the peat proposal, which has been twice before the House, it might be better to end that this evening
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-11-23/11/
23 Nov 2021 -
Horticultural Peat (Temporary Measures) Bill 2021: First Stage
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-11-23/11/
23 Nov 2021 -
Horticultural Peat (Temporary Measures) Bill 2021: First Stage
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-11-23/11/
23 Nov 2021 -
Horticultural Peat (Temporary Measures) Bill 2021: First Stage
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-11-23/11/
23 Nov 2021 -
Horticultural Peat (Temporary Measures) Bill 2021: First Stage
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-11-23/11/
23 Nov 2021 -
Horticultural Peat (Temporary Measures) Bill 2021: First Stage
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-11-30/10/
30 Nov 2021 -
Horticultural Peat (Temporary Measures) Bill 2021: Second Stage
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-11-30/10/
30 Nov 2021 -
Horticultural Peat (Temporary Measures) Bill 2021: Second Stage
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-11-30/10/
30 Nov 2021 -
Horticultural Peat (Temporary Measures) Bill 2021: Second Stage
