Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The other bogs have the same wildlife and fauna. The only justification I saw for choosing one bog over another was that it was deemed to be the most southerly raised bog within the midland group of bogs. A number of other raised bogs lie further south on the globe in Ireland than that designated bog. The people who made the designation ignored that fact or were unaware of it. One can see them on the map.