Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That was the excuse given for forcing people with bogland in NHAs to stop cutting turf. When we wanted to take this out, there was a European Court of Justice ruling that we could not do it under national legislation as European legislation did not permit it. European legislation cannot stop us doing something while also stating a person will not be paid. It is not fair.