Restoring our protected raised bogs, an action within Ireland’s Climate Action Plan 2019, will also ensure that the carbon content of the peat within each bog is stored in perpetuity. Minister Noonan commented today that “these living bogs are of great importance for the delivery of ecosystem services such as biodiversity, flood control and in the reduction of carbon emissions. Restoration and rehabilitation of peatlands plays an important part in tackling the issues of climate change for Ireland and will help in moving Ireland towards carbon neutrality in its land use”. It is estimated that the restoration of over 1,800 hectares of raised bog, which is being funded under the Carbon Tax Fund, will contribute to a long term reduction of emissions of 4,945 tonnes of CO2 per year.