Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 2 July 2025

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy

Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment

2:00 am

Photo of Réada CroninRéada Cronin (Kildare North, Sinn Fein)

So the Minister is not going to seek it. He also mentioned peat extraction. It was reported in the news last week that the EPA claims that illegal extraction is widespread and causing damage to biodiversity in local areas. It is also having a knock-on effect on smaller extractors. The increase in illegal extraction will have an impact on people who are doing it legally. It seems completely unfair that there is one set of rules for people who are doing it legally and no rules for people doing it illegally. What does the Minister plan to do about that?

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