Mr. Brendan Gleeson:

I do not think it is what we need. The target is 8,000 ha per year. If the average plantation is 8 ha, then we need 1,000 applications a year. That is where we need to be and the average plantation may not be 8 ha. We need lots more applications, but it is a tall order to go from where we were to those kinds of numbers in a relatively short period. The programme was approved in September and there is a lot of education to be done in the meantime and a lot of work to be done with the forestry sector and our own people to understand the rules. It is a start. We need to get better and get out there and communicate the benefits of the scheme to people in a way they will understand so they will see the economic benefit of doing this.