Written answers
Tuesday, 28 February 2023
Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Gorse Burning
Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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74. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the current status of farmers being permitted to burn bushes on their land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9922/23]
Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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The Waste Management (Prohibition of Waste Disposal by Burning) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 were signed into law on 27 January 2023. The regulations extend the exemption for the burning of green waste generated by agricultural practices, which expired on January 1, 2023, for a further two-month period to March 1, 2023, and then re-opens the exemption for a further three-month period from September 1, 2023, to November 30, 2023.
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