Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 January 2014
399. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to extend the boundaries in and around the Lough Lurgeen-Glenameady Turlough raised bog special area of conservation, County Galway, in order for the cessation of the turf cutting compensation scheme to apply to the said bog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2661/14]
View answerI have no plans to extend the boundary of this Special Area of Conservation. Proposals for the future restoration and management of this site, and how the needs of turf cutters there are to be addressed, are set out in the Draft National Raised Bog Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) Management Plan which is available on my Department’s website at www.ahg.gov.ie/en/Publications.
