Dr. Florence Renou-Wilson:

We have to differentiate between cutaway and cutover and I am not sure that we know what we are talking about. Industry will cut away and that will be done mostly by large companies such as Bord na Móna or Klasmann-Deilmann whereas cutovers are done by small farmers. One thing that must be done quickly, which is a low-cost intervention because we have done a cost-benefit analysis, is the rewetting of industry or cutaway bogs. That action should be removed from Born na Móna, for example, and put into a task force using the expertise of people who have worked, or are working, for Bord na Móna and other people in this country who have expertise to see those cutaway peatlands being rendered at least carbon neutral. I want to see the rewetting of cutaway bogs.