Mr. Brendan Gleeson:

One of the things the Commissioner, Mr. Hogan, mentioned in the context of the CAP was a requirement for every farmer to plant a hectare of trees. That could be an option in the next Common Agricultural Policy. From the point of view of developing an industry around this, there would be difficulties from a practicality point of view with regard to harvesting. There would also be potential difficulties in capacity because so many companies are planting trees that if they had to plant a hectare of trees on individual farms I am not certain the capacity would exist. There would be practical considerations in developing a policy of this nature.