Mr. Simon White:

All I can say is that approximately 250 applicants have applied to the scheme.

Only something like 60 have been processed. However, out of those 60, only a handful have done it. We find it extraordinary that there is an event being promoted by Teagasc to promote the RUS in Kilkenny on 28 June. We protested to Teagasc saying that it cannot promote the scheme, it is not fair and it must give the full story. We have requested that we be invited to speak to show the other side as to what people should do. They were looking for plantations that had gone through the RUS. There is only a handful that have been done. One of them is this site. It is extraordinary to have an event on one option when there are thousands of sites in the country where people are scratching their heads and tearing their hair out as to what they will do. One of those sites would have been the place to do it, but that is my opinion. Hopefully, we will be allowed to speak at that event to provide balance.