Dr. John MacNamara:

I thank the Deputy. He spoke about the opportunities around enhanced rehabilitation. This goes back to the response I gave to Deputy Ryan in that there are a range of different ecosystems across our bogs. These will require a range of different interventions, including wetland engineering, targeted cultivation of specific seed types and, as the Deputy mentioned, the inoculation of sphagnum in bog areas, where appropriate. We are in a good position in that respect as we have a peatlands team that consists of ecologists, engineers, operatives and back office support. Our team can go out to assess the different bog areas and to see what potential there is for sphagnum inoculation. It will not be possible everywhere. There will be different interventions based on the ecosystems present. The first step is assessment, then an engineering plan is drawn up, which the operatives then implement over time.