Environmental Schemes
Dail Éireann — 2025-04-02
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Martin Kenny (SF), Sligo-Leitrim

I welcome the Minister and all his colleagues here and wish them all the very best in their term in office in the Department of agriculture. My question is on GAEC 2 and how peatlands and mineral-rich soils are being designated under that scheme. As the Minister knows, the proposal sent to Europe is that if a parcel of land has 50% or more of peatlands all of the parcel will be considered as peatland. This is very unfair and will have a really detrimental effect particularly in areas along the west coast and in the north west.

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Sitting date: 2025-04-02