Mr. Seamus Dunne:

A question was asked about ash dieback. There are no plans to review the grant and the scheme. A clearance grant of €1,000 per hectare is available for both under-planting and reconstitution. In addition, the reconstitution grant rates are equivalent to the afforestation grant rates.

In terms of the scheme, we have received 250 applications. We have acknowledged 190 of the applications. I do not know the number out with inspectors at the moment. We have issued approvals and Ms Kelly might be able to tell us the figure. I know that a handful of approvals have already been issued under the scheme. We are starting to go through those at the moment. We have issued very few approvals but 250 applications have been submitted to the scheme.