Pippa Hackett

Recently I visited Paltech’s new purpose-built site in Clara, Co Offaly. The plant recycles plastic food packaging into a range of new...

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...

Sets out the Government’s response to the impacts of the war in Ukraine on the energy system in Ireland This government has today...

My office receives many queries about home energy upgrades. While the best source for information is the Sustainable Energy Authority of...

It's time some of my fellow representatives got their heads out of the peat, and started to think about the generations coming after us....

Speaking in their address of the Seanad today, MEPs Grace O’Sullivan, Seán Kelly and Billy Kelleher recognised the need to prioritise...

‘Science has shaped how I view the world’: Green Party highlights gender inequality in STEM on Women and Girls in Science Day As someone...

Offaly is a tourism destination hidden gem This week Fáilte Ireland announced the expansion of Ireland’s Hidden Heartlands to include all...

Today I welcome changes to the Warmer Homes Scheme for those at most risk of energy poverty. The Warmer Homes Scheme has offered free...

New Retrofit scheme will open retrofitting option to many more Midlands homes Today I warmly welcomed the Government’s announcement of a...

My hope is that organic milk processing capacity will encourage famers to make the switch I want to see farmers reclaim their creativity...

PRESS RELEASE From Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Ministers in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine have...

PRESS RELEASE The Midlands will be prioritised for jobs, business and education opportunities in Just Transition Funding - with Minister...

The Midlands deserves to be front and centre for EU Just Transition funding and today's launch of the public consultation by my colleague...

Press Release Minister Pippa Hackett has told Portlaoise students that she’s glad the Green Party made the decision to form a coalition...

PRESS RELEASE Climate Action Plan Favours the Midlands, says Minister Pippa Hackett The Midlands region has been singled out for...

PRESS RELEASE Green Party The publication of today’s Climate Action Plan is the most detailed and ambitious in the history of the state....

Press Release 01.11.2021 Minister Hackett Heading to Glasgow for 26th UN Conference of the Parties Ireland will attend COP26 as a...

Floods are an inevitable part of life in Ireland, but the frequency and intensity of flooding has greatly changed, causing significant...

It was my pleasure to attend the launch of ‘Connecting Communities with Peatlands’ in Pollagh, Co Offaly this morning. This initiative,...