Michael Kitt (Galway East, Fianna Fail)

As has been said, the issue is not about financial compensation but about the right to continue cutting turf. However, for those who do wish to take compensation, could the Minister confirm there is funding for this purpose? I agree with him that there have been some resolutions, including in Mountbellew, but I could mention other bogs in Galway - Camderry, Kilkerrin, and Barroughter in south-east Galway - where, according to the people who live there, there is nowhere else to go to cut turf. That brings us back to the idea of de-designation of bogs. Is that possible where people want to cut turf but have no alternative?

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