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Pippa Hackett
Nov 9, 20222 min read
Reports to address challenges related to peat supply in the Horticulture sector published
Press Release Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, and Minister of State with responsibility for...
Pippa Hackett
Nov 2, 20221 min read
Recent scaremongering on new Solid Fuel Regulations was Halloween trickery
I believe that the recent misleading coverage on new Solid Fuel Regulations was inaccurate scaremongering which was frightening for...
Pippa Hackett
Oct 20, 20223 min read
European Peatlands Initiative: a step towards government-supported collaboration
Press Release The National Parks and Wildlife Service of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Department of...
Pippa Hackett
Oct 18, 20222 min read
Energy, Costs and You - an overview
I want to encourage individuals, businesses and communities facing rising energy costs to access available supports. I recently hosted...
Pippa Hackett
Oct 3, 20222 min read
Have your say on new CycleConnects draft proposals for Midlands.
Draft proposals- for new cycling networks across Laois, Offaly and Westmeath forming part of CycleConnects: Ireland’s Cycle Network are...
Pippa Hackett
Sep 30, 20221 min read
Calling on Laois and Offaly to join the solar ‘rooftop revolution'
I'm calling on communities in my constituency of Laois and Offaly to join the ‘rooftop revolution’ in light of new exemptions from the...
Pippa Hackett
Sep 6, 20222 min read
My address at Launch of Lumcloon Power & Hanwha Battery Project at Shannonbridge
An Taoiseach, fellow Oireachtas Members, Councillors, and all here today, I am delighted to be here, in Shannonbridge, for this sod...
Pippa Hackett
Jul 29, 20221 min read
Welcoming agreement on Sectoral Emission Ceilings
Yesterday, Government announced agreement on Sectoral Emission Ceilings. I want to acknowledge all those in Government, particularly...
Pippa Hackett
Jul 14, 20222 min read
Government approach to turf regulations welcomed
I welcome today’s agreement by the Government on Solid Fuel Regulations as a balanced and considered solution, that allow people in the...
Pippa Hackett
Jul 14, 20229 min read
New Solid Fuel regulations Q&A
I Welcome the agreement by the Government on Solid Fuel Regulations as a balanced and considered solution, that allow people in the...
Pippa Hackett
Jun 16, 20222 min read
€55m ‘Green Transition’ fund
Today, together with the Tánaiste Leo Varadkar TD and Minister James Browne TD, I was delighted to announce a new €55m ‘Green Transition’...
Pippa Hackett
Jun 15, 20221 min read
Public Consulation opens on planning permission exemption proposals for rooftop solar panels
I welcome the news that houses, regardless of location, will soon be able to install solar panels on their roofs without any requirement...
Pippa Hackett
Jun 9, 20225 min read
Speech to Just Transition Conference Irish Rural Link Bridge House Tullamore
I have the honour of addressing two events here in Tullamore today – I stand in front of you offering opening remarks for this Just...
Pippa Hackett
Jun 8, 20224 min read
Business for Biodiversity platform launches
Today, "Business for Biodiversity" a new initiative supported by KPMG, Gas Networks Ireland, Bord na Mona and Coillte was launched at the...
Pippa Hackett
Jun 3, 20222 min read
Irish Forum for International Agricultural Development meeting with QU Dongyu, Director General FAO
This week I participated in the Irish Forum for International Agricultural Development (IFIAD) meeting between QU Dongyu, Director...
Pippa Hackett
Jun 1, 20222 min read
Reflecting on the role of environmentalism within Irish agriculture from an EU perspective.
Last Monday, I met with European Commissioner for Agriculture, Janusz Wojciechowski, during his visit to an organic farm in North Dublin....
Pippa Hackett
May 25, 20222 min read
Calling on Local Authorities & EMRA to brief communities on accessing EU Just Transition funding
Climate Action and Just Transition is a Once in a Lifetime opportunity to define our identity for decades ahead. The window we have for...
Pippa Hackett
May 11, 20222 min read
Preserving our Bogs for Future Generations
In my address to the Seanad this week, I called out those who knowingly extract turf from bogs in Special Areas of Conservation (SACs). I...
Pippa Hackett
Apr 23, 20222 min read
Turf burning - a balanced approach
Thank you Damien O’Reilly and 'Saturday with' on RTE Radio 1 today for the opportunity to voice my position on turf burning. There has...
Pippa Hackett
Apr 13, 20222 min read
Our National Energy Security Framework
Sets out the Government’s response to the impacts of the war in Ukraine on the energy system in Ireland This government has today...
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