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Written Answers — Special Areas of Conservation: Special Areas of Conservation (28 Jun 2011)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 294: To ask the Minister for Arts; Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he is monitoring the status and if his attention has been drawn to any commercial peat extraction on the 75 raised bog and 74 blanket bogs designated for protection 2003-2005; and if he has sufficient resources to ensure protection of these important nature conservation sites. [17132/11]

Written Answers — Turbary Rights: Turbary Rights (22 Mar 2011)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 187: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he took to ensure the ban on mechanised peat extraction for domestic purposes in the 32 special area of conservation raised bogs in 2010 was enforced; and if he will provide details of any breaches of which he is aware. [5017/11]

Written Answers — Turbary Rights: Turbary Rights (22 Mar 2011)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 196: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the proposed ending of the derogation for mechanised peat extraction for domestic purposes relating to the 23 designated raised bogs that was scheduled to end in 2011. [5015/11]

Written Answers — Turbary Rights: Turbary Rights (22 Mar 2011)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 197: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he will take to enforce any ban on mechanised peat extraction on designated raised bogs should breaches arise. [5018/11]

Written Answers — Turbary Rights: Turbary Rights (22 Mar 2011)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...to Parliamentary Question No. 225 of 4 November 2010, if he will re-examine the reply to same and inform this Deputy of the steps he proposes to take to ensure that projects for the extraction of peat meet the requirements of this judgment. [5019/11]

Written Answers — Turbary Rights: Turbary Rights (16 Nov 2010)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...of the number of cases in which his Department, the Environmental Protection Agency or a planning authority has determined that an Environmental Impact Assessment is required for the extraction of peat, pursuant to Directive 85/337/EEC, and the number and details of EIAs undertaken on the basis of such determinations; each case in which his Department, the EPA or a planning authority has...

Written Answers — Turbary Rights: Turbary Rights (4 Nov 2010)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 225: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 234, 235 and 236 of 20 October 2010, the way peat extraction operations in raised bog and blanket bog special areas of conservation and natural heritage area effect has been given to the requirement of a determination under Article 4 of Directive 85/337/EEC on the...

Written Answers — Turbary Rights: Turbary Rights (20 Oct 2010)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 234: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to any peat extraction by commercial contractors within the 31 raised bog special areas of conservation where the derogation permitting extraction for domestic use no longer applies; the nature and numbers of these contractors and the extent of any damage caused by their...

Written Answers — Turbary Rights: Turbary Rights (20 Oct 2010)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 235: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will confirm that, further to his press release of May 2010 announcing the ending of peat extraction on 31 raised bog SACs but referring to continued application of the derogations on other peatland SCIs, that peat extraction activities for domestic purposes can continue without ministerial...

Written Answers — Nitrates Directive: Nitrates Directive (29 Sep 2010)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 1674: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will include within the definition of peat soils used by the Forest Service not only the wider considerations of species selection, estimation of potential rooting depth, potential yield, and crop stability and so on, but also the peat soil classification criterion by organic matter content as used to determine the...