Mr. Gerard Murphy:

It is about correct. I worked on it myself many years ago, when we tried to put spruce in and were looking at new technology, so a lot of work was done. Douglas fir is the best species to do it. Unfortunately, Douglas fir is good on certain types of ground, such as dry mineral sites, particularly in Wicklow, on slopes, which are the best qualities for it. We did not have the kind of volumes necessary because they have high standards. We investigated using other methods and other species such as Norway spruce and Sitka spruce but that did not work for customers. There were other issues with European larch but unfortunately it has now been hit by disease and is a species we have had to stop planting recently.