Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 28 March 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Nature Restoration Law and Land Use Review: Discussion

Ms Geraldine O'Sullivan:

I thank Senator Higgins for the question. We are very much at the start of a process here and I think it will be a phased approach, one which takes learnings and the science and building on them. The concerns of neighbours relating to the rewetting of peatland was mentioned. Bord na Móna is looking at the site and trying to manage it. As that feeds in and farmers' concerns are addressed, there is then potential to move on as we learn from the EIPs, and as we gather that knowledge.