Mr. Barry Delany:

There are two pieces. One is the broader communications plan, through Project Woodland, and that includes the stakeholders. That has been more or less finalised. There is actually a very positive meeting today happening down the country. In terms of that next step, of course, we obviously have to deal with the legislative issues. We have to try to incentivise farmers as well in terms of a change in their land use to plant trees.

The other piece is the communication of that to make sure that there is positive messaging around that and that people can see it as a broad farm approach. It is an entire farm approach; it is not just a singular issue. They can see it as part of the overall farm management and farm sustainability plans and so on. That is coming now. The Deputy will see it in the coming in the coming weeks. It is tied in with the increased output that is coming now with the addition of up to 36 full-time equivalents of ecologists and the output will be improving. In tandem with that, it will be a case of trying to encourage farmers to consider that option. Obviously, we are coming to the end of this current programme and there will be a new programme starting on 1 January 2023. Again, on the communication plan around that, hopefully people will see this as part of a whole-farm approach as landowners and a positive approach on farmers. That is probably one of the most important things we have to do once we have the licensing output sorted.