Mr. James Callery:

I will start with the awareness issue and working with communities and schools. They are key partners of Wicklow County Council in delivering the message on environmental awareness. We have worked with the schools in the county over the years through the green schools programme and other activities. We have an awards scheme every year for our tidy towns, estates and schools. We have schools awards on biodiversity and community awards on biodiversity.

We have a tidy estates competition, which traditionally was just about how tidy and well-kept the estate is. We have changed that in recent years and we have asked them to comment on their management practice. We are looking for information on whether they are managing for pollinators and avoiding the use of herbicides, and that is taken into account in the judging and marking of that competition. It is changing the attitudes and behaviour within our residents' associations across the county.

We also work very closely with Tidy Towns. As mentioned, we do an annual event, a seminar, where we get the Tidy Towns and other interested community representatives in and we provide expert speakers. This year we covered the all-Ireland pollinator plan, Let's Get Buzzing, as part of our event.