Bord na Móna

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 December 2016

Tuesday, 13 December 2016

Questions (584)

Barry Cowen

Question:

584. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will confirm that both Bord na Móna briquette factories in Littleton, County Tipperary and Derrinlough, County Offaly will remain in operation in the coming years and continue to supply peat briquettes here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39797/16]

Written answers

Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Bord na Móna is a commercial State company operating under the Turf Development Acts 1946 to 1998. The matters raised by the Deputy are operational in nature and not ones in which I, as Minister, have any function.