Jennifer Whitmore (Wicklow, Social Democrats)
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In terms of pilot projects, a lot of good work has been done in the Burren. The scoring system to which Dr. Moran referred was working successfully but it appears that the agri-climate rural environment scheme, ACRES, is now constraining or has impeded that project to the point where two of the lead scientists on it have stepped down. What barriers are being brought in by ACRES? We do not want really successful programmes that were doing the job we need done to be treated regressively. We should be building on them, not reducing their impact.