Pippa Hackett

Shorter supply chains support Irish producers. Today, in my role as Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the...

The endangered Hen Harrier, an iconic bird of prey traditionally found in the Slieve Bloom Nature Reserve, will be the first threatened...

The Government has today launched a new low-cost Home Energy Upgrade Loan Scheme. The €500 million Scheme is the first of its kind for...

Today, Government launched the Community Climate Action Fund to support small and large, rural and urban communities to take climate...

It is very important to acknowledge the role that Ireland played in helping to push for the historic language to transition away from...

I welcome this week's release of the draft All-Island Strategic Rail Review recommendations focused on increasing connectivity, frequency...

Over €200,000 for 22 biodiversity projects across Laois and Offaly through the Local Biodiversity Action Fund (LBAF). Over €80,000 is...

Today I had the privilege of launching the Sustainable Livestock Village at this year’s Tullamore Show. The Tullamore Show and FBD...

Today, together with the Portuguese Ambassador, HE Bernardo Lucena and Councillor Mark Hackett, I visited schools in Cloneygowan and...

Peatlands were to the fore in Dublin today (May 8th) as the government hosted an event attended by several European Countries, which...

Michael Fitzmaurice’s recent nosedive into an anti-Green culture war is straight from the playbook of Trump’s America. He is seeking to...

Press Release The Green Party welcomes the report issued today (April 5th) by the Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss. The Party...

I’m delighted to confirm the news from Cabinet this morning that a zero rate of VAT for the supply and installation of solar panels for...

Climate Action is Urgent: I have said it before and I'll say it again but the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...

I hope to encourage all local communities, groups and schools to continue the conservation and revitalisation of raised and blanket bogs...

Press Release The Minister for Land Use and Biodiversity, Senator Pippa Hackett, was in Portlaoise today to announce an investment of...

I left Ireland this week laden with gifts from Laois and Offaly producers, to represent Ireland in Tanzania and Kenya as part of the...

Press Release Irish agri-food companies of all sizes are being encouraged to apply for grant funding to explore and seize exciting...

I was delighted to be invited to speak at last evening's Green Awards ceremony, 2023. I believe it was the biggest yet. It was wonderful...

Press Release Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue T.D. announced the opening of applications for solar...