Paul Connaughton Snr (Galway East, Fine Gael)

The volume of every other form of fuel has increased tenfold but the Government is committed to kicking thousands off the bogs this year; turf cutters who have worked them for generations. They cut turf for their own fuel supply and they will not be there this time next year. The Minister of State is in the middle of this. I am a turf cutter and I hope he will do everything humanly possible to secure another derogation for at least a few years.

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