Ms Katherine Licken:

We are making good progress. That has been a really difficult issue. We have 13,508 annual payments to turf cutters and 994 deliveries of turf have been made in respect of applications received under the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme in the raised bog areas of special conservation and 771 annual payments and the delivery of turf have been made to applicants from raised bog natural heritage areas under the scheme. In addition, 1,824 once-off incentive payments of €500 have been made, of which 42 relate to natural heritage areas.