Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is something to which we have been giving a lot of attention. We are engaged with the Department of public expenditure on this matter at the moment as well. We want to make a significant step forward in this space. It is an important issue for us. We are working in terms of those proposals that can be agreed.

The other thing we said to anybody who has ash dieback at the moment is with regard to the reconstitution and replanting grant that is currently available. We would encourage people to get on and not see time slip because we will retrospectively apply anything to any new scheme for which we get approval. I accept the point the Cathaoirleach has made. It is something we are working on to try to bring this to a conclusion.