Mr. Mark Carlin:

Coillte is not held to a different standard from private forest owners. We have to get through the same standard in terms of a licence, appropriate assessments and screening. That is an important point. There is a perception in the context of Coillte holding 50% of forests but it is more in terms of the supply chain because our forests are older. At the moment, we are currently at 70% to 75% of the supply, approximately. At this stage of the evolution of Irish forestry, one would expect Coillte to have more licensing need, so more licences come over to Coillte. One of the other big things to recognise is that we are running a complex supply chain. We need to have certainty right now that everything is licensed for 2023 so that we can bring it to the customers. It is a significant amount of volume and we need to bring that certainty. That is important. It is not a bias; it is more a perception in terms of the numbers and how we conduct our business.