Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 23 October 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Peatlands Restoration and Rehabilitation: Discussion

Photo of Brian StanleyBrian Stanley (Laois, Sinn Fein)
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What we would refer to as cutaway is where the peat has been taken away completely at the edges, while the cutover I am referring to in Bord na Móna is where up to 3 m of peat is still left in the bog. Bord na Móna has taken 1 m or 1.5 m. from it.