Dr. Florence Renou-Wilson:

I wish to clarify a point. Peatlands have two functions when it comes to carbon. It stores the carbon that is already in there, which is the biggest issue at the moment. This is the carbon that has taken thousands of years to accumulate in the peat. Peat is roughly 50 kg of carbon per cu. m. To rewet it is just to keep that carbon in and to stop the emissions, which is critical for the future and for Ireland, otherwise it will have to pay for this carbon. When the bog is restored in this programme, only restored sites will be able to sequester more carbon. The figures are in the strategy, which I cannot find right now.