Eamon Gilmore
Question:109 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for Finance the amount of raised and blanket bog which has been purchased to date in 1990 for conservation purposes; and the cost of same.
Written Answers. - Bog Conservation.
Agreement has been reached for the purchase of 370 hectares of blanket bog, adjacent to Knockmoyle Sheskin Nature Reserve in County Mayo, for £228,000.
It is hoped to reach agreement this week with Bord na Móna for the purchase of approximately 2,000 hectares of raised bog.
There are a number of other areas of blanket bog for which the Wildlife Service is in the early stages of negotiating.