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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
