Mr. Bill Callanan:

To start off, I very much endorse the Senator's comment about the interdepartmental workings. The opening statement should allude to that. To give some typical examples, there are the likes of the new European Innovation Partnership, EIP, for water, which is substantially funded by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. The breeding waders programme is the reverse in that is substantially supported by the National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS, with significant funding from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. There are other instances, for example, in terms of prioritisation of entry into agri-environment schemes, where the likes of EPA mapping on water quality, etc., is used to ensure we are using the right action in the right place.

Specifically in terms of forestry, it is indeed the case that we have to be more careful and conscientious in terms of our forestry plans to avoid impacts on water quality. Also, traditionally, a lot of forestry went in on peat soils, which is not positive from a climate change perspective. In terms of the development-----