Mr. Niall Curley:

That is correct. As I stated, each member state will have a national restoration plan which will look very much like a CAP strategic plan but will plan up to 2050. For each tranche - every decade, let us say - the plan would have a specific amount of the measures, the specific funding the member state would have to put in place, and how far they expect to have achieved each decade or by whichever year it puts in place for that target. It will be up to member states, however, much like in the case of CAP strategic plans where they create eco-schemes to fit themselves. From the perspective of the Commission, as long as the targets are fulfilled, it does not matter. These are area-based targets, rather than being based on results, because it could take 20, 30 or 40 years, or even longer in certain areas, to achieve restoration. That is why it involves the imposition of specific measures over the actual specific area. I do not know if members have the PowerPoint presentation I submitted to the committee, but it notes that Ireland will be coming under the nature restoration target of agro-ecosystems, that is, agricultural peatland restoration. The total area of Ireland is 70,000 sq. km. Of that, the area of wetland habitat that is currently in bad condition is 3,500 sq. km, or 871,000 acres, which may sound small. It is unclear as yet what the figure falling under that target in terms of agricultural peatland will be. Ireland will have to fulfil up to 70% of its peatlands being restored to a certain level by that year.