Pippa Hackett
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
- 1 min
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 27
- 2 min
Government to match EU funding with Exchequer funding for the EU Just Transition Fund
The Government's decision to match EU funding with Exchequer funding for the EU Just Transition Fund is excellent news for the Midlands....
Pippa Hackett
- Jul 22
- 2 min
Circular Economy Act becomes law
Circular Economy Act being signed into law today by the President New law has potential to divert hundreds of thousands of tonnes of...
Pippa Hackett
- Jul 20
- 2 min
Plans to Increase Rural Transport in the Midlands Gather Pace
I'm delighted that plans to increase and improve rural transport, a key Green Party led commitment in the Programme for Government, took...
Pippa Hackett
- Jul 18
- 1 min
A warm welcome for the announcement of significant investment in skills for the Midlands region
Today my Government colleague, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris TD announced a...
Pippa Hackett
- Jul 14
- 9 min
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
- 2 min
€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 9
- 4 min
Speech to Accelerate Green - Irelands Sustainable Future Conference at the Tullamore Court Hotel
It is with great pleasure that I address you this afternoon at this innovative and unique national conference, hosted by Bord na Móna in...
Pippa Hackett
- Jun 9
- 5 min
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
- Apr 25
- 1 min
Circular Economy in Clara converts waste plastic to pots with potential to expand
Recently I visited Paltech’s new purpose-built site in Clara, Co Offaly. The plant recycles plastic food packaging into a range of new...
Pippa Hackett
- Apr 23
- 2 min
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
- 2 min
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...
Pippa Hackett
- Apr 7
- 3 min
Home Energy Upgrades
My office receives many queries about home energy upgrades. While the best source for information is the Sustainable Energy Authority of...
Pippa Hackett
- Mar 23
- 2 min
Calls to reopen bogs are counterproductive, divisive and unhelpful.
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....
Pippa Hackett
- Feb 23
- 2 min
MEPs for South Constituency agree with Minister Hackett on Offaly EU Just Transition Prioritisation
Speaking in their address of the Seanad today, MEPs Grace O’Sullivan, Seán Kelly and Billy Kelleher recognised the need to prioritise...
Pippa Hackett
- Feb 11
- 1 min
Women and Girls in Science Day
‘Science has shaped how I view the world’: Green Party highlights gender inequality in STEM on Women and Girls in Science Day As someone...
Pippa Hackett
- Feb 10
- 1 min
Offaly Reunited under Hidden Heartland
Offaly is a tourism destination hidden gem This week Fáilte Ireland announced the expansion of Ireland’s Hidden Heartlands to include all...
Pippa Hackett
- Feb 8
- 1 min
Free home energy upgrade: Protecting people at most risk of energy poverty
Today I welcome changes to the Warmer Homes Scheme for those at most risk of energy poverty. The Warmer Homes Scheme has offered free...
Pippa Hackett
- Feb 8
- 2 min
A warm welcome for unprecedented grant supports for home energy upgrades
New Retrofit scheme will open retrofitting option to many more Midlands homes Today I warmly welcomed the Government’s announcement of a...