Mr. Barry Delany:

I will not take long. Working with Project Woodland previously, I was trying to implement the Mackinnon report. An environmental grant was sought in that context. A proposal has been worked through and we are still trying to get that over the line. In the interim, we have agreed to pay an additional amount for environmental services at the form 2 stage. We are also trying to reduce the environmental cost burden on applicants. In other words, for those files in the backlog now, we are going to do the habitats map for them with our additional ecology resources. That will take a financial burden off the applicants, until we can get to the final phase of the 2022 programme in respect of the new forestry programme and incorporating this environmental grant. Therefore, as the Minister of State said, we will be paying an environmental grant at the form 2 stage.