Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)

I acknowledge that. If the European Union is so supportive of the national plan, why can it not allow domestic turf cutting to continue on these bogs for 12 more months while the plan is being put in operation? What has the Government done to preserve priority habitats in its own control? It seems it is quite willing and able to go after the small domestic turf cutter, while priority habitats in its control are not properly preserved.

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