Mr. Paul Forde:

The Deputy posed three questions. The first dealt with the criteria for admittance, the second concerned pyrrhotite and third addressed other counties. The working group was charged with specific tasks and some of the queries the Deputy raised are outside the scope of the working group. Nevertheless, I will do my best to answer as far as I can.

I will pass the question on criteria for admittance to the scheme to Mr. Lynch because he chaired working group 1 which specifically dealt with that issue.

Mr. Simon Wall and Mr. Martin Ruane, two representatives of Mayo County Council, contributed the experiences in Mayo to the expert group. I will ask Mr. Lynch to respond to the first question, after which I will answer the second and third questions.