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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Preservation of the Biodiversity and Ecosystems of Peatlands: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Correct.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Preservation of the Biodiversity and Ecosystems of Peatlands: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Perhaps Dr. O'Connell will comment on this. An allegation was made about a contractor in Donegal. It is pretty easy to know who in Donegal has a Caterpillar 312 digger and who has a feed tractor and wheel hopper. Dr. O'Connell mentioned this in her presentation to the committee with regard to a blanket bog. From what I can see in the photograph, it was where a sausage machine worked...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Preservation of the Biodiversity and Ecosystems of Peatlands: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I am asking a question about the contractor whom Ms O'Connell stated was illegally cutting turf with a digger and hopper in the Slieve Tooey special area of conservation in Donegal.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Preservation of the Biodiversity and Ecosystems of Peatlands: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Dr. O'Connell named the bog-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Preservation of the Biodiversity and Ecosystems of Peatlands: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: There is a digger in the photograph, which neighbours of the person would know. Is this misleading information?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Preservation of the Biodiversity and Ecosystems of Peatlands: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Dr. O'Connell is saying it is a fact and that I can contact the person-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Preservation of the Biodiversity and Ecosystems of Peatlands: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: -----show them this-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Preservation of the Biodiversity and Ecosystems of Peatlands: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Dr O'Connell is making that allegation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Preservation of the Biodiversity and Ecosystems of Peatlands: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Dr. O'Connell heard what Mr. Lucas said, that it is permissible to cut on a blanket bog. She heard what he said.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Preservation of the Biodiversity and Ecosystems of Peatlands: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Preservation of the Biodiversity and Ecosystems of Peatlands: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: It was turf on an existing bank.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Preservation of the Biodiversity and Ecosystems of Peatlands: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I want to clarify this before we go any further on it because it is not good to make an allegation. It is dangerous to caption a photograph and make an allegation, regardless of who the person is. I do not know the person but I certainly will find out.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Preservation of the Biodiversity and Ecosystems of Peatlands: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Preservation of the Biodiversity and Ecosystems of Peatlands: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: My next question is for Dr. Farrell. Bord na Móna has been doing work on several bogs throughout the country. It speaks about preserving bogs. It is looking at Daingean where it has done a lot of work. In the midlands it has made an application for wind turbines near Mount Dillon. This will involve digging out a lot of bog and putting in roadways. How is this going on when Bord na...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Preservation of the Biodiversity and Ecosystems of Peatlands: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: The Dutch cut all their bogs away.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Preservation of the Biodiversity and Ecosystems of Peatlands: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: They came to buy bog in this country. They cut their own away and plenty of them were trying to tell us what we could and could not do. They are quite entitled to buy bog wherever they want. I do not mind where they buy it. Nevertheless, they cut their own away first before they ever realised the value. In the same country where we tell people that there are cuts of five or six hoppers...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Preservation of the Biodiversity and Ecosystems of Peatlands: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I seek a correction. Is Bord na Móna not requesting 450 redundancies?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Preservation of the Biodiversity and Ecosystems of Peatlands: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Am I correct in saying that Bord na Móna requires 450 redundancies?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Preservation of the Biodiversity and Ecosystems of Peatlands: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I take Mr. Conaty's point but there were redundancies at the Port of Galway, where Bord na Móna had people working, as there were in Sligo. Bord na Móna is looking for 450 redundancies but the people affected will be 450 people with families who may get employment somewhere else but will be statistically unemployed from the day they take redundancy. They say in Offaly that the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Preservation of the Biodiversity and Ecosystems of Peatlands: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Is Dr. Farrell saying there are two sites?