Paul Connaughton Snr (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Question 518: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the owners of a bog (details supplied) in County Galway, a bog listed under the EU Habitat Directive, have been notified that turf cutting will have to cease by 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22733/07]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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From the information supplied my Department has been unable to identify the bog in question.

There are two designated bogs near Ballinasloe — Eskerboy Bog (NHA 001264) and Kilnaborris Bog (NHA 000284) on which domestic turf cutting can continue until 2014 in areas in which the bogs are not being severely damaged.