Christopher O'Sullivan (Cork South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Ms. Carberry makes a very good point regarding the areas that were harder to farm. We can see that they kept their wild aspect. As she said, there are little pockets where repetitive attempts have been made to drain them and on the face of it, they may look like they have no biodiversity value. However, if they are taken in hand by the State or the NPWS, great things can be achieved with them. I hope that would be kept in mind when carrying out these exercises.