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Debate: Joint Committee On Agriculture And The Marine

Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion

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

Debate: Dáil Éireann

Agriculture Industry

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

Debate: Dáil Éireann

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed)

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.

Debate: Dáil Éireann

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements

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.

Debate: Dáil Éireann

Supplementary Estimates. - Vote 56—Industry and Commerce. (Resumed.)

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.

Debate: Seanad Éireann

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage

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.

Debate: Joint Committee On Agriculture, Food And The Marine

Challenges in the Pig, Poultry and Horticulture Sectors: Irish Farmers Association

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.

Debate: Seanad Éireann

Horticulture Sector

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.

Debate: Seanad Éireann

Residential Tenancies Bill 2021: Second Stage

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.

Debate: Dáil Éireann

Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Prohibition of Winter Disconnections) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members]

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

Debate: Select Committee On Finance, Public Expenditure And Reform, And Taoiseach

Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed)

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

Debate: Dáil Éireann

Ban on Rent Increases Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members]

https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2021-07-06/15/

6 Jul 2021 - 2021....The Act introduced permanent and temporary protections for those tenants facing rent arrears and, as...and the Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Bill 2021, the Office of the Attorney General has advised on the...I am confident that the restrictions provided for in the Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Bill 2021 constitute...The measures under the Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Bill 2021, passed by Seanad Éireann last night,