Turbary Rights

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 February 2015

Tuesday, 17 February 2015

Ceisteanna (265)

Éamon Ó Cuív

Ceist:

265. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether the Land Commission is still letting turbary rights to persons; if so, whether turbary rights are available to rent or lease in Connemara, County Galway; if he will provide details of the bogs in which these rights are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6739/15]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

My Department, as successor to the former Irish Land Commission, still holds some non-agricultural land but is not engaged in renting or leasing turbary at the present time. In the case of certain bog areas my Department has allocated the lands to the National Parks and Wildlife Service as the appropriate custodian, particularly in the case of special areas of conservation.