Ian Marshall (Independent) | Oireachtas source

My next question was pertinent at the weekend because there was a bit of discussion in the North about it. Some 100 years ago in the bogs of Ireland a huge opportunity was capitalised on with regard to sphagnum moss. It holds antiseptic properties and when the First World War was raging and there was a shortage of bandages and dressings, all of a sudden something was coming out of the bogs of Ireland that was hugely beneficial and had a value. Is much work being done with researchers and the institutes and universities to examine other opportunities, apart from the aesthetic value of a bog or rehydration or re-wetting, to capture carbon and derive a benefit and a value from bogland?