Ms Anja Murray:

It differs on a site-by-site basis. The bogland report gives very specific figures, which are included in the initial submission from BirdWatch Ireland to the committee, including an average figure for both blanket and raised bogs. The average figure for the whole of Ireland is 57,000 tonnes of carbon per year which can be actively sequestered. The summary section of the bogland report is four or five pages long and sets out much of this information. Again, it is a question of how waterlogged a particular bog is. In Canada, active restoration efforts involve the use of small pellets of sphagnum moss to reseed the bog and make it grow again. In Wales, meanwhile, strips are deployed to stop the water from running down the mountainside. There are different ways of doing it, some more cost efficient than others. There is a range of factors at play in deciding which method to use.