Dáil debates
Thursday, 12 December 2019
Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions
Turf Cutting
11:50 am
Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source
While I accept significant efforts have been made to protect bogs, with all due respect, the reality is that little effort has been made to date in actually relocating turf cutters. This is the first test of the just transition programme. At the formation of the Government in May 2016, 68 turf cutters were being accommodated with alternative sites. To date, 72 have been relocated. That is one turf cutter for every year since the Government was formed. Does the Minister believe it is good enough that only four additional families have been relocated over the past four years?
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