Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 March 2015
1016. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applicants who have applied for relocation and the number of applicants who have been successfully relocated from Ardgraigue Bog (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12067/15]
View answer1017. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the names of bogs to which her Department has successfully relocated applicants from Ardgraigue Bog (details supplied) in County Galway, the number of plots available for relocating applicants in each of these relocation bogs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12068/15]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 1016 and 1017 together.
Twenty-five applications under the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme for raised bog special areas of conservation have been received and acknowledged by my Department in respect of Ardgraigue Bog. None of these applicants has expressed an interest in relocation to a non-designated bog.
Two bogs in County Galway have been assessed as suitable relocation sites for turf cutters from this raised bog special area of conservation. One of these bogs could accommodate in the region of 15 turf cutters and the other could accommodate in the region of 7 turf cutters.
