Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

To back up what the Minister of State said, at Glenhest, County Mayo - his officials will know it - I remember sawing timber where forestry was planted on it when I was a gossoon. One cannot get a licence to plant there now. Places like that need to be looked at again. I understand fully what the Minister of State said about not planting on deep peat, but we need to look at areas that were plantable before, besides deep peat. We need to be able to do that if we want to reach the level of hectares we want to plant. I agree with the Minister of State 100%.

The Minister of State mentioned that someone - I think the Minister of State said it was Mr. Seppi Höna - was going down to Cloonbonniffe to look at the depth of peat-----