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

Photo of Jennifer WhitmoreJennifer 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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