Friday 14th March 2014
Jimmy Deenihan TD, Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, has this week provided an update in Dáil Éireann on the compensation scheme managed by his Department...
Tuesday 8th October 2013
Jimmy Deenihan TD, Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, has updated the Cabinet on progress made over the course of 2013 on the issue of turf cutting on...
Saturday 29th June 2013
The Habitats Directive was signed in 1992, and 53 raised bogs - approximately 2% of the national peatlands from which turf can be extracted - were nominated for designation...
Friday 17th May 2013
Friday, May 17th - Jimmy Deenihan TD, Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, has launched a new programme on a pilot basis - the Energy Efficiency and Transition Programme - as a new element of the Cessation of Turf Cutting...
Monday 25th February 2013
Jimmy Deenihan TD, Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, has outlined the progress that is being made in the management....
Wednesday 8th August 2012
Heritage Minister Jimmy Deenihan today welcomed the fact that the number of compensation payments made to turf cutters affected by the cessation of turf cutting on 53 raised bog special areas of conservation has now exceeded...
Friday 1st June 2012
Relocation bog comes on stream in Offaly, first deliveries of turf now taking place in Galway...
Wednesday 7th March 2012
Jimmy Deenihan, TD, Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht today, Tuesday 6 March, published the report of Mr. Justice John Quirke following a four day Peatland Forum on turf-cutting which was...
Wednesday 19th October 2011
Minister Jimmy Deenihan today spoke to MerrionStreet.ie about the Government's compensation package for turf cutters in 53 designated Special Areas of Conservation (SACs), who cannot...
Thursday 16th June 2011
Jimmy Deenihan, TD, Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, responded today (Thursday 16 June 2011) to the decision of the European Commission to send Ireland a Reasoned Opinion in relation to the implementation of legislation...
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