A Donegal Deputy believes the proposal to ban turf was handled badly by Government.
Deputy Joe McHugh along with fellow Fine Gael and Fianna Fail backbenchers voted against a Sinn Fein motion for the turf ban to be scrapped and instead supported a counter motion that no changes be made to the sale and supply of turf until it comes before Cabinet.
He says there was much anxiety among people as a result of how Minister Eamon Ryan managed the proposal.
Deputy McHugh believes a ban of turf will come but says now is not the time: