Mr. Brendan Gleeson:

Sorry, I will take that question because it is not part of Mr. Hayes's responsibility. First of all, our forestry supports are delivered to a most significant extent outside of the Common Agricultural Policy and for a variety of reasons, which I will be happy to explain to the Deputy, that is best for the future. There are a variety of sectoral groups that wanted to be part of that group. It is always open to the forestry representatives to make submissions to that process but there is a much more significant process going on in relation to forestry - at least I think it is a more significant process - which is the development of a vision for the sector with a view to putting a national forestry plan in place.

Through Project Woodland, all our forestry stakeholders are bound cheek by jowl with the Department in the development of that strategy.