Mr. J.P. Mulherin:

Coillte can probably answer for itself, but what we are trying to do is support the sites it has in place. It has approximately 250 recreation sites at the moment. It has an ambition to increase that to 500 sites across the country. The impact on tourism is significant from the 250 sites it has currently and I suppose if it expands the number over the next few years, the impact it has will only grow. It has ten or 12 forest parks. In a number of those there are economic operators, that is people providing coffee, bike facilities and so on at those sites. That is another economic element. The more good quality trails we have, the more people will use them and the more they are spread around the country, the more opportunities there will be for remote areas, for people to come in and bring economic benefits to the area.

To add to that, we have started a study of the economic impact from the rural recreation sector. I hope it will demonstrate the impact of the investment we are putting in at the moment.