Mr. Brendan Gleeson:

We sent in the details of the forestry programme and we engaged in a significant public consultation before we did this. There is lots of work to do before an application is submitted. We submitted documentation to the Commission in November and we have been engaged in a very detailed conversation with the Commission since then. They have their job to do. They must make sure it is consistent with environmental law and consistent with competition law. It is a complex process.

I will make the point, however, that what we are going to have after this is a programme that will provide support for people for 20 years. It will provide extraordinarily generous incentives for people to do that.