Dr. Alan Moore:

I will take that question and might then hand it over to Mr. Hickey or Mr. Sheehan. Essentially, our position is that this is a win-win situation and that hedgerows could provide a real way forward in meeting our carbon and biodiversity challenges. We strongly recommend that farmers are paid for good-quality hedgerows. We do not foresee extra paperwork or extra difficulty - far from it. We think there would be a win-win all around. In answering the Deputy's question, I wish to turn, if I may, to Mr. Sheehan, who is working on the Biodiversity Regeneration in a Dairying Environment, BRIDE, project, to talk about the benefits to him of good-quality hedgerows.