Mr. Simon White:

Absolutely, and it is completely possible to do it, but it would not satisfy everything because it does not provide the income. However, that same mechanism that has been found to get around the inhibiting legislation means they can do it. It is down to being able to provide a budget to do it. People want to do the job. If we want to get people back into forestry, we need to do this.

I will expand on one thing Mr. O'Connell said. There are four of us here. We are a tiny representative group. However, not one of us has seen an inspector since we have seen ash dieback affect our farms. Nobody comes near us. Nobody asks or gives us any advice as to what we should do or tells us we must to this or we must join the scheme. We read about the scheme and it is not in our favour. There is no advice. Nobody is coming to help us. Nobody from Teagasc is coming to tell us what we should do on our farms. There is nobody. We are left on our own. This is disgraceful. This is supposed to be the organisation that is looking after forestry in this country. It is why we think we are redundant. They see us and our children and our children's children in private forestry. However, we are the people who own the land. If anyone wants to plant land in this country, we are the people who have the land. We are the only ones who can do it. It seems like the State wants us to give up our land or sell it to corporate bodies. There is something seriously wrong. That is what we are asking for. We need to understand what is happening and why it is happening. It should not be allowed. Our politicians should not allow it to happen. Every time we appeal to the Government, however, nothing happens.