Turf cutting ban Ireland

Speaking during Leaders Questions, Mr Martin said it is important to protect people's rights in rural Ireland when it comes to turf, and that the sharing of ...

He adds that the coal industry is the "big villain of the peace here". Taoiseach— RTÉ News (@rtenews) @MichealMartinTDsays the Government has put in place a number of measures to help with the cost of living. Meanwhile, Mr Ryan said earlier that he believed plans to ban the commercial sale of turf were "workable and deliverable approach to saving lives". The Taoiseach said that "ultimately smoky coal is the villain, the real enemy" and that "turf is dying out as a basic fuel". Speaking ahead of this morning's Cabinet meeting, Mr Martin had said legislation to ban smoky coal had a "dramatic and transformative impact on the quality of the air that we breathe and it saved many lives". The meeting ended without resolution.

Former minister, Michael Ring, described the proposed turf-cutting restrictions as 'the wrong regulations at the wrong time'

“This is a custom. "We need to identify those people and fuel poverty, which we don't know we don't have the data and stats on that and we need to support them and prioritise them," she said. He said it was a “daft” proposal and said the minister would have to reconsider it as there was now a war situation in Europe and people needed turf "more than ever". Ms Kerrane said people were frustrated by the Government "doing things back to front" and alternatives needed to be put in place. "Many of them would actually move to an alternative rather than doing the backbreaking job that's the bog if the alternative was there, and it was affordable to them, but that's not the case." “We want to be pragmatic about this and get a solution to the fact that many people in rural Ireland, in parts of the west and midlands, use turf from bogs they have or share with their neighbours," he said.

The Chairperson of the Oireachtas Agriculture Committee, Jackie Cahill TD, and a number of other Fianna Fáil Oireachtas members are set to meeting with the ...

Then, we can discuss this climate change initiative.” There is no alternative to turf in many parts of rural Ireland. The Chairperson of the Oireachtas Agriculture Committee, Jackie Cahill TD, and a number of other Fianna Fáil Oireachtas members are set to meeting with the Minister for the Environment, Eamon Ryan, this afternoon to discuss the proposed ban on the cutting and selling of turf.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said that he believes “a pragmatic solution” can be found to introduce regulations that will ban the commercial sale of turf.

“Is there ever a right time,” she responded to Mr Ring’s comments. “I think the proposals are fair as they stand.” “Any time that saves lives is the right time. “Now is not the time to do this. The regulations should be left as they were, people should be allowed cut turf. Legislation to ban smoky coal had “a dramatic and transformative impact on the quality of the air that we breathe, and it saved many lives”, he said.

Environment Minister Eamon Ryan will meet with Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael TDs today.

It is important that we protect the rights of people in rural Ireland in terms of turbary rights, people utilising turf in their own bogs and traditional practices in turf sharing. I think this was really badly communicated, I don’t think there was any real intention of limiting the very small scale activities of people in rural Ireland,” she said. Fine Gael did nothing about that for 30 years,” Hourigan said, adding: The amount of turf being used is reducing, it’s reducing as it is without any restrictions, without any bans. “A minority now uses turf in our country in respect of their energy needs. It’s just happening naturally because people are looking at alternatives.

THE DÁIL WILL today debate contentious plans to restrict the sale of turf, with Minister for the Environment Eamon Ryan seeking to keep coalition TDs on ...

I didn’t hear anything about it, only in the the media,” he said, adding that he would be seeking an invitation. It’s his [Eamon Ryan's] job to act as a minister within government for the entire country. It’s argued that the reason for this exemption is that there isn’t the same risk of air pollution in more isolated communities. They buy their year’s supply annually, and in his PQ response, [Eamon Ryan] made no distinction between those two scenarios,” said Cowen. “People should be able to cut their own turf and people should be allowed to sell to their neighbours,” he said, adding: “That has to happen, that’s the basic.” While the Sinn Féin motion calls on the government to “scrap plans to ban the sale of turf”, it also calls on the government to cancel the scheduled Carbon Tax increase that will come into effect from next week. I’ve never heard a minister admit previously that a PQ response is not accurate. The Fine Gael TD said that he would be able to “spell a few things out” to the minister at the meeting, and that he wouldn’t be “one bit afraid”. It’s not as prevalent as it once was. Many people have already transitioned away from solid fuels… This has been brought about it would appear by a PQ response that was neither thought out, approved or factual. The minister will tell that them that the draft regulations are designed to focus on the commercial sale of turf and that there will be no ban on the sharing of turf with family members or neighbours.

Green Party leader Eamon Ryan has been accused by the Deputy Government Whip of threatening the stability of the Coalition at an extraordinary private ...

He said fossil fuel is dying a “natural death”. The draft regulations will not impact on small rural communities’ traditional use of turf,” the spokesperson said. Speaking after the meeting, Mr Carey said it was an “unsatisfactory” exchange with he minister. This was made clear to Minister Ryan today. Mr Ryan defended the public service saying he did not believe the were running he country into the ground. Mr Ring said that there were 300 people in his home county waiting for two years to access any sort of retrofit scheme.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin said it was important to protect people's rights in rural Ireland when it came to turf.

However, he said the counter motion tabled by the Government to respond to a Sinn Féin motion on turf recognised the status quo and he would support it. He also outlined how the draft regulations are being prepared on foot of a public consultation, an ongoing process that has taken place over the last year and a quarter. The draft regulations will not impact on small rural communities’ traditional use of turf, he argued. Mr Cowen said that after the meeting he could see potential for compromise. Several prominent Fine Gael TDs including Charlie Flanagan and Michael Ring have also publicly voiced outrage at the proposal. Sources said that the Kerry TD told the Cabinet that the issue had not been communicated well and that was a real issue for backbenchers who are coming under increasing pressure and are not being brought with the Government on the issue.

The war over a proposed ban on turf is continuing within Government after Green Party rebel TD Neasa Hourigan hit out at Fine Gael politicians for doing ...

While not explicitly critical of the Government, Ms Humphreys, a Fine Gael TD, said that nobody expects wealth from cutting turf and that those days are gone. She said that the Coalition was not bringing backbenchers with them on it. Minister Ryan has since moved to clarify his remarks, saying that there will be exemptions for people in small rural communities of under 500 people where people would be free from the ban on the selling and gifting of turf. Senator Kyne did not specify when it would be an appropriate time to bring in the ban on the sale of turf, but said that suitable alternatives have to be put in place first for rural communities and the “details” have to be worked out first. His answer to the question said that the ban on the sale of turf would prevent people cutting turf and placing it “on the market for sale or distribution to others”. Green Party leader Eamon Ryan is due to meet backbenchers from Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil today in a bid to soothe the row over the proposed ban on the sale of turf from September.