Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The legislation respects turbary rights and the rights of people, historically and traditionally, who have used turf from their own bogs to fuel their own homes. That will continue. There is no question of people going into people's homes, taking turf and penalising them or anything like that. That is not going to happen. That is scaremongering to an extraordinary degree. To be fair to the Minister, there was a lot of discussion at the time between the three parties in government on the air quality Bill. We are very anxious to protect those who had historical and traditional practices in respect of the bogs they own and so on. The commercial exploitation of bogs is a separate question and air quality-----

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