Paul Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will be very brief because we have many contributors and time is limited. I have attended meetings and discussed this issue with neighbours. Where I live is right on the verge of certain areas that will be badly affected. I ask the representatives to update us on where they are. Has anything in their communications with Bord na Móna changed since they made their submissions? We will be meeting representatives of the board later and I will emphasise this. I am reasonably familiar with the pros and cons of this and I am looking forward to the interaction with Bord na Móna.

In the deliberations with the board, has it been mentioned, for example, that someone with a small portion of land, maybe a bit of lowland, nearing a bog could be compensated and allow it to be included in the rewetting project? If the price was right, for want of a better phrase, he might be prepared to walk away from that, rather than having to go to the cost of putting in a drain for him or whatever. Was it ever mentioned that they might incorporate some farmland and provide ample compensation? Did that ever come up in the witnesses' deliberations?