Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 13 November 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed)

3:00 pm

Photo of Eamon RyanEamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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Has any analysis been done of the value the peat would have if it stayed in the ground, in order that the bogs were not opened up, and if it was done as a carbon store? What would the value of that be compared with the value of selling to horticultural growers in Holland or England?