Mr. Aidan O'Driscoll:

I cannot tell the Deputy offhand whether it has been signed off on. I am, however, familiar with the discussions. The issue is that to be an approved planner under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme, a course must have covered a number of elements. These elements are covered in the normal level 8 courses in the main universities such as UCD, but they were not present in all of the courses undertaken in other colleges, including Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology.

We had a process of discussion with them to define what additional training they would need to provide to their graduates or their current undergraduates. My understanding is that we have got agreement on that, and I will check whether it has been absolutely signed off on.