Landowners seek doubled offer to stop cutting turf on protected lands
IFA SAC (special areas of conservation) project chairman Padraic Divilly has met with Minister for Heritage Jimmy Deenihan to press landowners’ claims for the annual payment of €1,000 to be doubled to €2,000.
The IFA also wants this offer to apply for the lifetime of the bog, with a minimum of 30 years and must not be restricted to the current 15-year deadline. The debate relates to 51 raised bogs in ecologically sensitive areas.
