Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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Question 256: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has an estimate of the total peat resources remaining in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30202/04]

Noel Dempsey (Meath, Fianna Fail)
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Under the Turf Development Acts, Bord na Móna plc is charged with the management, development and working of the bogs and other lands vested in the company. Bord na Móna plc owns approximately 7% of the total peatland in Ireland. The estimated reserves of peat for energy in the ownership of the company is calculated at 45 million tonnes. Neither my Department nor Bord na Móna plc is in a position to provide estimates of peat reserves in areas not in Bord na Móna ownership.