Mr. Gerard Murphy:

The Deputy is absolutely right to say we are led by Government policy. What we are trying to achieve with our public goods is to ensure that there is an improved awareness of what we are delivering in terms of biodiversity benefits, nature conservation, landscape protection and recreation. The first step is to ensure that the public and those in political life recognise the contribution we are making. We consider that if there is recognition, people put value on it. Given the country's economic circumstances, we are not looking right now for large wads of money. We say simply "Let us recognise the value of what we have." If that recognition exists, we can say that not only is Coillte paying a monetary dividend to the State of a couple of million per year, it is also paying a large dividend to the public at large by way of the provision of public goods. Our objective is to raise awareness of our contribution, which will lead to more being done. That is our strategy.