Dr. Deirdre Lynn:

I very much welcome recent strategic plan for the renewal of the NPWS. I have been working in the service for almost 20 years. It has been a long time coming. There will be an injection of 60 staff. Many of them will backfill positions we lost since about 2008. When considering biodiversity, it is important to look at responsibilities across Government and see where we can increase resources and capacity across Government to tackle this very wide-reaching agenda. The biodiversity agenda touches almost every Department. We need good education in schools and universities. We need to address the crossover between biodiversity and health. Obviously, biodiversity greatly supports the climate agenda. Biodiversity meets adaptation measures. It is a front-line defence against climate change with the ability for natural systems to sequester carbon and regulate water supply at times of heavy rainfall. I reiterate that we need to look at responsibilities across Government. We also need to look at the internal structures in the NPWS to ensure that we are delivering on our legal responsibilities, particularly regarding European legislation. That exercise still needs to take place. We need to look across our structures and see where we need to inject additional resources.

I understand that we need to embrace renewable energy as part of achieving our climate goals. However, we still need to adhere to legislation that is in place. Those principles still apply. I ask the Deputy to remind me of his final question.