A Roscommon TD has described yesterday's vote in favour of the EU Nature Restoration law as a "direct attack on farmers in peatland, reclaimed, and hill regions".
He says it's a "national disgrace" that every single one of Irelands 13 MEPs voted for the measure.
Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice says that if Irish MEPs truly represented their constituents interest, the measure could have been rejected, paving the way for a more favourable agreement.
Speaking on the Let's Talk show this afternoon the Roscommon/Galway politician says that while some people might think the re-wetting issue has been dropped, he believes it still forms an integral part of the law, and this will become more evident in the years ahead.
'Under 4.2 annex I, you cannot restore peat land without re-wetting, the dog in the street knows that, so like lets not try and camouflage it.
It'll be spun every way and it'll be turned every way and there'll be all types of promises made to the people but I'm standing by what I said.
Nothing drastic is going to happen 'til 2030, cos Bord Na Mona will pick up the pieces and that, but my fear is the CAP that'll be negotiated in 2028, and some of the farmers that think they won't be effected will know all about it then.'
