Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 13 November 2012
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht
2013 Allocations for Public Expenditure
Vote 33 - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
6:05 pm
Noel Coonan (Tipperary North, Fine Gael)
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The Minister, Deputy Deenihan, mentioned earlier that he does not have any discretion in relation to turf-cutting, particularly in special areas of conservation. Is it correct to say that the State, the Department and the Minister have some discretion in the case of the raised bogs that have been listed as being in natural heritage areas? If so, does the Minister intend to exercise that discretion by carrying out a review?