Rebecca Moynihan (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I want to return to the question of the resources and funding provided by the Government. The witnesses say that all restoration measures will be voluntary but that landowners who do participate will be incentivised and resourced. Are the witnesses confident that those incentives and resources provided for the NPWS within its funding are provided by the Government and sufficient to convince the numbers of people needed to participate?

I go back to the stakeholder question. Can the witnesses give an idea of the different types of stakeholders the NPWS intends to involve? The statement mentions only farmers, so I would like to get a broader idea of the different stakeholders, when the stakeholder forum is set up.

Third, we are seeing a rise in climate denial and climate change scepticism. The robust questioning the witnesses have faced here today, which other people have not necessarily faced, shows that there is not automatic acceptance, politically or otherwise, for the restoration of wildlife. Are the witnesses worried about the impact of the climate scepticism we have seen come to the fore in public commentary on the NPWS's work?

That is not referring to the questions today; I am talking more generally. Does the NPWS have any programmes to try to combat that misinformation and disinformation?

Finally, are the witnesses happy with the support the NPWS has received from other agencies? I am talking about local authorities and the OPW, which have large tracts of land. Is the NPWS getting co-operation and support from them in terms of its overall goals? Are the witnesses happy with that or is there anything that can be improved?