Mr. Fergus Moore:

The planting targets drop at the end of every forestry programme because people are anticipating a better programme for the next period. In saying that, the targets are quite low. In the past, we planted very large areas - in excess of 20,000 ha - much of it on peatland soil, which gives rise to many issues with emissions. The land use review is ongoing across various Departments. That will say much about what we do with the land of Ireland. Forestry is a key measure. The Department has recognised that it is essential that we plant more tress, in conjunction with all the other agriculture measures that have been proposed by my colleagues here.