Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate the Minister's comments but we are still left with the words of the line Minister for forestry. It is worth quoting what he told the Seanad: "That is why I and my officials in the Department will look at planting more peatland." Is the Minister of State being allowed to indulge in a bit of Trump-lite, be anti-science and anti-climate, while at the same time purport to speak for the people? Instead of "Drill, baby, drill", it is "Dig, drain and destroy." Who is actually in charge of the policy here? If the Minister is not able to set that out, can she ask her colleague, the senior Minister for agriculture, and indeed the Minister of State, Deputy Healy-Rae, himself, to come before this House and explain if Government policy has changed and if it is now the policy to allow the destruction of our upland bogs?

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