Ms Ruth Hennessy:

It is important to remember that the grant scheme is almost at phase 2. LAWPRO and ASSAP were established in 2018 to address the problem of agriculture impacting on water quality and to identify the specific issues and actions required. No funding was in place for those additional measures until now. That funding is now in place so phase 2 can start. Phase 2 is where ASSAP can go back to the farmers it initially engaged with, who may not have implemented measures because of the lack of funding, and channel those applications through funding. That targeted science information has already been provided in those areas. We will continue to do that and expand into new areas as the programme grows. It is very much building on work that has been done already, building on the knowledge that is there, and using those connections and the process that is already there.