Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 23 October 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action
Peatlands Restoration and Rehabilitation: Discussion
Mr. Brian Lucas:
I can speak about the programme with which we engage. The restoration programme for next year is €5 million, and subject to the known budgetary process, we are hopeful that funding will continue after 2020. We have earmarked 32 raised bogs for restoration as a priority, beginning with nine bogs next year. We hope the 32 bogs will store 28 megatonnes of carbon. That is in the raised bogs.
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