Martin Ferris (Kerry North-West Limerick, Sinn Fein)
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Question 10: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if any submission has been made regarding the McCarthy report recommendations on Bord na Móna. [23954/11]

Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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The Report of the Review Group on State Assets and Liabilities, chaired by Mr Colm McCarthy, was presented to Government and published in April this year. In respect of Bord na Móna the Review Group recommended that the Government should seek to dispose of Bord na Móna as a single entity, including peat extraction rights but not ownership of the peat lands. Following publication of the Report, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform sought the considered views of relevant Departments in respect of the Review Group's recommendations. My Department consulted with Bord na Móna as part of the process of preparing its response. The Company made a submission on the Report in response to this request. My Department subsequently submitted its views to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in respect of the aspects in the Report which related to the work of the Department. As the Deputy is now aware the Government has considered the general issue of the sale of State Assets and these submissions will feed into the process that has been established.