Mr. Brendan Gleeson:

To take the problems we had in 2021 and 2020, we had this appeals problem, and that is fixed; we had a huge backlog in licensing, and that is dealt with to a significant extent; we had process issues and resource issues within the Department, and we have dealt with those; and we had an incentive system which was on the cusp of change. It is often the case that when you are about to enter into a new programme, people will press the pause button because they are waiting for something better to come along. Once we get the state aid approval, we will have that in place. I believe we will have a very much more successful forestry programme once we get these new incentives in place.