Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 21 January 2014

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht

Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 33 - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised)
Vote 34 - National Gallery of Ireland (Revised)

3:30 pm

Photo of Michael KittMichael Kitt (Galway East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I make a plea on behalf of those involved in Carrownagappul and other areas known as the Mountbellew bogs, as there is an impression that the issue has all been sorted and that everybody is happy. The people are far from happy, as far as relocation or the criteria that apply to it are concerned. They have been told that if a person was not cutting turf, he or she will not get anything, or if he or she was cutting turf when he or she should not have been doing so. There is confusion and double speak. It is very clear to me that people are not happy and that the issue should be addressed. There is no point in saying it has been sorted out and that people have relocated because they are not getting like for like.

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