Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 566: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when an application will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6062/10]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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Having regard to available resources, priority is being given under the bog purchase scheme to those wishing to sell their interest in the 32 raised bog sites which were nominated for designation as Special Areas of Conservation in 1999. For these sites, the ten-year derogation given by the Government, which allowed the continuation of turf cutting for personal domestic use, has now expired. The person in question owns land within a Special Area of Conservation designated in 2002, and the 10-year derogation period will not expire until 2012. Land transactions within this area, accordingly, do not qualify for priority attention at present.