Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)

Is the Minister aware that 97% of the 32 raised bogs designated as SACs are already in State ownership through one or another agency? The remaining 3% of these bogs comprises half-acre plots allocated by the Land Commission. Is the Minister aware that the Corine maps, used to give the calculation that one third of the bogs allegedly evaporated over the past ten years, not only measured degraded bog but cut away bog over the past 100 years? Will the Minister publish or place in the Library the Fernandez report?

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