Bog Planting and Turbary Rights
Gallagher raised concerns that blanket planting on purchased bog could undermine local turbary rights; the Minister invited details of specific cases and offered to provide county-by-county information.
I want to ask on this question of forestry if the Minister would look at the situation in relation to the planting of bog at the moment where the Department of Forestry is buying bog and doing a blanket planting without giving any consideration to the turbary rights that people enjoy in some areas and where the land is taken over and there is no land left from which the Land Commission can provide turbary for tenants in local areas where they are anxious to have the bogs held and cut?
Comment on this
That is a question that I cannot answer here. If the Deputy wishes to put down a question and give details of the specific case I will definitely answer the question at any time.
Comment on this
Would the Minister have in his brief a breakdown county by county and make it available?