Mr. Niall Curley:

There was no cap because it did not allow for peat extraction areas, such as Bord na Mona areas or forested peatlands, to be included as drained agricultural peatlands. That, after a lot of pushing, they were included in the first place is significant. What is there is too much for some groups. If we speak to people working for various organisations it is too much for some and for others it is too little. The reality is that until three months ago it was not there in the first place. It would not have allowed Bord na Mona lands to be considered part of the target.