Extraordinary scenes in Seanad on deeply flawed Horticultural #Peat Bill. On top of exemption from #planning , the bill stayed enforcement action & disregarded unlawful extraction & more putting us clearly in breach of EU law - key parts of their #PeatBill NOT highlighted🤔& 👇
- #Peatbill didn't even bother to provide properly for allocation of all the assessments required by EU law. Talk about giving #falsehope to those impacted by the successive failures! U simply can't stick ur head in the bog when it comes to EU law - at least u shouldn't but 😱👇
What @reginadoherty described as "a foolish legal action" tinyurl.com/2p8k59xr added insult to injury to our National Courts who rightly upheld the challenge . The #PeatBill added further insult and disregard to the EU Court of Justice's rulings.
Credit to @LNBDublin for reflecting on this NB legal action by @FIEIreland properly stating:
"In 2019, the Government introduced badly drafted regulations ... The regulations were challenged in the courts, rightly so, were found not to be in compliance ... and were struck down.
Calling #PeatBill out - @lnbdublin
"It is nothing short of a cynical piece of political theatre designed to give the impression that Fianna Fáil & Fine Gael are proposing a solution,when anyone who can read knows that this Bill is anything but that." #PeatBillAFastTrackToCourts
On #PeatBill #PeatsSake "This is the kind of cynical political theatre that serves nobody and gives people false hope. .. The electorate wants proper solutions that will protect our environment, see us meet our emissions targets & protect the horticultural sector." @lnbdublin
Fair play to @hoeyannie "The best place for #peat to be for the planet is in the ground. ...Peatland is one of the best carbon stores in the world. ...We have very little time left to reach our climate targets. Bogs are some of the best tools we have .." #COP26 #ClimateChange
"How can we engage with them credibly on the climate debate, as we want to, if they have been putting out the figure of 4,000 tonnes of peat in terms of imports, while not discussing the export of 500,000 tonnes of peat?" @AliceEire on the nature of #PeatBill #PoliticalTheatre
Key #EULaw issue in #PeatBill flagged by @AliceEire - "The Bill also rewards those who have been recklessly extracting peat .. ... This is effectively a nod & wink Bill to the effect that we should again turn our backs and a blind eye to the extraction that has been taking place.
Key call by @aliceeire to @noonan_malcolm on #PeatBill -
"I urge that the Minister of State does not make unnecessary inappropriate concessions ....
If we do so, we will send a signal to every sector that political theatre will be rewarded."
Striking that only @noonan_malcolm and @lnbdublin were the only ones to mention #Biodiversity in the #PeatBill debate on our #Bogs #Nature 😳😥😢😟😠🪶🐝🐸🌿so much for #BogsIrelandsRainForest
Good to see the #Greens & @paulinegalway weighing in here on #PeatBill issues and not pulling any punches on it @RoisinGarvey stated 👇
If only all the energy from those involved in #FalseHope #PoliticalTheatre of #PeatBill had put such energy on a real #JustTransition & #Jobs for those impacted by the issues including former @FineGael Minister for Employment Affairs & Social Protection @ReginaDo in last Gov🧐
Managing emissions by Restoring peat is complex & long term & there are many variables.
So #KeepingPeatInTheGround is the no-brainer for #ClimateChange and #Nature with a #JustTransition for all those reliant in this unsustainable industry & to pursue #sustainable alternatives
Read the debate here b$ this #politicaltheatre & #FalseHope #PeatBill was adjourned
tinyurl.com/4syw2vrx
Watch it on oireachtas website if u can bear ... and think ... while they were talking .. all of this below .
So over to u @noonan_malcolm 4 #Climate 4 #Nature #Peatsake

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