Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Will the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht provide an accurate update on relocation in respect of turf cutting? The Minister knows that I make the assertion that no issue in respect of turf cutting and relocation has been resolved in 17 years. The Minister is not long in her new job and I wish her luck, but I do not want the same stuff as I have listened to down through the years about this, that and the other issue solved, when what matters is that the issue has not been solved. The Minister referred to figures of 1,300 people who have signed up and the figure of 6,000 relates to a period of four years. The figure of 1,300 people is out of a total of 9,000 people. Will the Minister please give me an accurate update because I do not want to hear what the Department has always given me down through the years?

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