Mr. John O'Connell:

It is. That has been the case for the past five years. In Tipperary, there reservoirs of the spores in plantations that have been left in limbo. We are all in that situation, and it is too late to address it. It is like the potato blight, without the bluestone, or whatever antifungal treatment there is. It is going to spread throughout the country; one can see the ash trees on any road way that are dying and dead. I look at my plantation, 50% of which is ash. I have done my best to manage it for the past 25 years, and I am approaching an age, now, where I am considering retiring. I was looking forward to enjoying the proceeds of this going towards my retirement, and it is devastating to see trees, even in June, without leaves. These trees are dead. We are managing a dead crop. How do we proceed from here?