Green Party leader Eamon Ryan has been blasted for not doing his homework when he sent shockwaves through communities after indicating that peat briquettes could also be included in a ban on smoky fuels from September.
Speaking in the Dail on Thursday night during a motion about the sale and distribution of turf put forward by Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice, Minister Ryan said: “I’ll be perfectly honest, I’ve been looking at the science there to make sure, are we absolutely certain that those peat briquettes, because of the way they’re processed, because of the way they burn, are below the 10 micrograms of pollution that’s put out into the atmosphere?
“We have to be straight about that and make sure that it is the case.”
