Ms Shirley Clerkin:

There is over-management where there is another percentage taken off. I believe Mr. Sheehan referred to the short back and sides. Over-management occurs where hedgerows have been shaved down to around 1 m or under 1.5 m and given a short back and sides, so they are just a box, effectively. One of the farming ambassadors for nature referred to them as rows of sticks. Such hedgerows do not actually function for the farms, as biodiversity habitats or for carbon sequestration at that stage.