Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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236. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of landowners and persons with turbary rights in areas of raised bog, natural heritage area network that is scheduled for de-designation; the number of hectares in each county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40288/17]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The 2014 Review of Raised Bog Natural Heritage Area Network concluded that Ireland could more effectively achieve conservation of threatened raised bog habitat through focused protection and restoration of a reconfigured network.  Arising from this review, 46 natural heritage areas (including parts of 7 sites) are scheduled for de-designation.

The number of active turf plots in the sites to be de-designated identified as part of the review was 2,707.

The number of hectares of land to be de-designated by county is set out in the following table: