Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 2 March 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action
Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Jennifer Whitmore (Wicklow, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source
On the basic farm payment, I know that when illegal burning occurs, it can be withheld, but it is only withheld for one year. The reality is that if you burn your land, it takes many years for it to recover and get back to full environmental health. Has the Minister considered extending that fine, so that it is not just for a single year, and that the fine is withheld until the land has recovered?
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