Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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Question 421: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in the context of restrictions being placed on turf cutting and the utilisation of bog by a sufficient number of bog users at Lilliput Bog, Dysart, Mullingar, County Westmeath, he will take steps to relax the restrictions which come into force in January 2009 pursuant to the special area of conservation designation in order to permit these people who harvest turf for domestic use to continue to secure their fuel requirements in this way, particularly in view of the current escalating price of fuel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22129/08]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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I understand that the Question refers to Nure Bog, Co. Westmeath, which is a Natural Heritage Area designated in 2004 and where, under the normal 10 year derogation, cutting for domestic purposes by turbary owners may continue until 2013.