Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent)
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69. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if any investigations into the Meenbog landslide, caused by wind farm construction in County Donegal in November 2020, have been completed; the recommendations; how it is planned to implement the recommendations; if any other reports are due from other agencies that he may be aware of; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10293/23]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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An inter-agency group led by the Loughs Agency was tasked to address the incident at Meenbog, Co. Donegal. The National Parks and Wildlife Service of my Department (NPWS) are represented on that group in an advisory capacity and have provided input in terms of the provision of ecological and scientific advice.

I understand that an investigation into this incident is ongoing at present, It would therefore be inappropriate for me to provide further details at this juncture.

More generally, NPWS has commissioned a study to investigate peat slides in Ireland and explore potential mitigation for such events. Meenbog is one of the chosen case study sites. This study is nearing completion and it is expected that a final report will be provided before the end of 2023.