Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 26 October 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Flooding of Lough Funshinagh: Lough Funshinagh Group
Aisling Dolan (Fine Gael)
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As the councillor said, landowners in the area are custodians of that land for future generations. Currently, it is not a functioning SAC, although seen as a turlough.
I wish to bring in Ms Murray and Mr. Kearney as well. In that regard, in response to a Commencement matter that was raised in these Houses, the NPWS stated that it is currently a turlough according to its official reviews. However, there has been no assessment done of the current impact with the flood zone. How do we restore this to a functioning SAC, restore the farmland and protect the homesteads in that area as well? Does Ms Murray have any other comments to make on that?