Malcolm Noonan (Green Party)

With the ongoing work that is taking place around the nature restoration plan, does the Department see a really good opportunity for farmers to be involved in schemes and embed, through the CAP strategic plan, schemes that would have had short-term cycles, such as LIFE projects and EIPs, into a much longer-term funding mechanism for restoration, grassland management and expansion of wet woodlands on farms? There is a really good opportunity for farming here to see co-benefits for water quality, nature and carbon sequestration from the nature restoration plan. How does the Department anticipate that we look towards the next cycle of the CAP strategic plan to embed that work into mainstream schemes for farmers?