Pippa Hackett (Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Yes, absolutely. It is an issue already. I have met many people who have been taking their own trees down but there is a challenge with that. I agree that we need to look at it.

I agree with what the Senator said about bark beetle. We are very conscious of the challenges that will exist with that. We have applied the most stringent biosecurity measures in relation to it. We only import barked logs from one particular area in Scotland which has been granted pest-free status. While that remains the case, we still check all of the logs that come in. If it spreads in Scotland, we will have to look at other ways of keeping it out of our country. That is going to be the most important aspect.

I have written down "forestry programme" and "original" but I am not too sure what the question was so I will have to come back to it.