Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

What we want to do is to provide a suite of options, which are comprehensive and address different needs. If the Deputy looks at the agri-climate rural environment scheme, ACRES, and the various measures in place there, whether it is a riparian zone, low-input, permanent pasture, which is scored now and results-based or tree and hedge planting, there is a whole range of options in place which contribute to this objective. When we look at the appetite among farmers and the over-subscription, which, thankfully, we have been able to fulfil, it shows the potential that is there to make a real impact.