Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 6 February 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs

Preservation of the Biodiversity and Ecosystems of Peatlands: Discussion

Photo of Michael FitzmauriceMichael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for their presentations. My first question is for Mr. Lucas. I would like clarification because a damning allegation was made about someone engaging in illegal digging and hopper turf cutting on Slieve Tooey in Donegal. This is a blanket bog in Donegal and not one of the 53 bogs listed. My understanding is, and I ask Mr. Lucas to correct me if I am wrong, that it is not illegal to cut turf with a hopper and track machine on a blanket bog where a sausage machine cut previously. Is this correct?

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