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Dail Éireann — 2023-06-20
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Peadar Tóibín (AON), Meath West

Bord na Móna workers have created a modern, climate-solutions company. The company was valued at €400 million in 2018. Today, it is valued at €1.25 billion. Derrinlough briquette factory was closed on 1 June. How many of those individuals who were made redundant were redeployed to Bord na Móna's energy generation business? That should be the definition of a just transition as opposed to handing skilled technicians and engineers redundancy in a rural location with little local employment available. To add insult to injury, a few kilometres down the road, Bord na Móna has provided a private wind farm developer with Bord na Móna land to develop a privately owned wind farm. We have this ludicrous situation whereby the Norwegian state-controlled company, Statkraft, is securing land across the midlands of Ireland for wind farm development for the benefit of the Norwegian people, while the State, through Bord na Móna, is handing land away to external parties and at the same time firing staff. How is that a just transition?

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Sitting date: 2023-06-20