Mr. Ciar?n O'Connor:

I am happy to answer that, while I can still remember. There were a combination of elements as regards the timeline. For example, we had units in storage that we could have had on site and there were certain areas where the sites did not come through because of councillors taking a particular view. That was just part of it.

The pipeline and secure funding are key to the future. We approached the industry last year. The key thing was elements of it were not so busy because there was a slowdown in hotel building and other things. That part of the industry was prepared to discuss matters with us whereas other sections were too busy and said "We do not want to be bothered now. Leave us alone. Off you go." However, if we saw a pipeline was coming we could do that. It is similar to our work with Coillte on the wood specification book and turning that into an interactive way a new generation of people can draw their information. That would help to develop a wood culture. We are missing a wood culture in Ireland. I was lucky enough to work in Canada, Scandinavia and Germany before coming back home. Those countries have that culture. They do not treat timber as if it is a second-class material but they have also got the material set up right and their building regulations tie in. We need to align with those.