Mr. Ger Breen:

I will come in on that issue. Bord na Móna currently has quite an extensive stakeholder engagement process in place. Several parties have acknowledged that they have been engaging with us. We have outlined what rehabilitation is and what the process is. We have been involved in rehabilitation for more than 30 years and we have a significant amount of experience in the rehabilitation of peatlands.

We have eliminated the risk of flooding on third party lands.

In addition to rehabilitation, we have a care and maintenance team. Once we stop peat harvesting, the care and maintenance team will be involved in maintaining the drains. We must adhere to our obligations under our existing integrated pollution control, IPC, licence. We will continue with our care and maintenance programme to ensure that we keep the outer drains properly maintained and avoid the risk of flooding on neighbouring lands.

Bord na Móna has worked on these peatlands for 90 years. We have responsibilities as landowners. We have fulfilled those responsibilities in the past and will fulfil them in the future. We know how important our neighbours are. We are heavily involved in the community and are a part of that community. Some neighbours whose lands adjoin ours are employees of Bord na Móna. They know these lands, just as local farmers know their lands. We know what is involved when we prepare hydrological assessments of these peatlands. We will continue providing a care and maintenance service and fulfilling our obligations as responsible landowners. We will continue engaging with the various farming communities on addressing their concerns and dealing with their queries.