Mr. Niall Ó Donnchú:

It is unremitting. There is a constant challenge in all those spaces. Speaking for ourselves, in terms of our area of responsibility around nature and everything impacting it, pollution is a major problem for us in the uplands. The committee will be aware of the leave no trace campaign. That has been hugely successful in terms of the engagement with it.

If I may look at two things across boundaries, what we do is inextricably linked to climate change and climate adaptation and vice versa. There is absolutely no doubt about that. We can certainly point to success stories, but there are the ongoing challenges of education, protection and dealing with invasive species. There is one particular one we are addressing, the rhododendron. We have cleared the guts of probably 2,000 ha of rhododendron in Glenveagh and Killarney in the past three years, which is remarkable. We are going at it very hard. However, that is something we need to revisit again and again because it resurges.

The message from us is that the challenge of nature protection is a 24-7 one. We have an awful long way to go but, to borrow Dr. Bleasdale's phrase or maybe one of the questions earlier, are we turning the ship in terms of societal engagement with nature restoration and nature protection? Absolutely. Is there an engagement with climate action and climate adaptation? For sure, and with pollution. I think people are much more aware of the impacts these have and how they reinforce one another with negative outcomes for society, very negative outcomes in some instances. It is a work in progress.