Mr. Barry Fox:

Vertical drainage is going to impact on water quality generally and the habitat available to fish to spawn. Absolutely, it is going to impact on the productivity of that catchment. It is an issue, there is no question, but I would say of forestry in general that the management practices are improving. Certainly there are significant pressures on our water in the surface water areas all over the country, not just in Kerry. Forestry has certainly had impacts. Historically, it had much more impact on fisheries. We are keeping a very close eye on it.