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TCCA CLAIMS MINORITY OF TURFCUTTERS ACCEPTING FINANCIAL COMPENSATION
Date Published: 19-Dec-2012
The turf cutters and contractors association claim a minority of bog owners in the west affected by the EU ban are accepting financial compensation.
A representative of the national parks and wildlife service told a meeting of the west regional authority that over 2 million euro had been paid out in the western region.
That’s around 1 thousand 327 payments.
However, the TCCA estimates there are up to 6 thousand landowners in the west are affected by the special area of conservation designations.
Around 2 and a half thousand of those are based in Galway.
Michael Fitzmaurice of the TCCA says most turf cutters do not want compensation.