Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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Yes, I absolutely can. I visited a farm the other day in Beaufort where there was windblow that had been extracted, the area was replanted and the person was rightfully taking on board how my Department, my senior Minister, Deputy Martin Heydon, and I gave a commitment a number of months ago that we would have a reconstitution scheme. We will have that scheme. For people who took our word for it and went ahead and replanted, there will be a scheme in place for them. I thank those people for having the courage to come along and say they are going to sell their timber and replant, because they are fulfilling an obligation that is upon them and they are going to have the benefit of that timber again in the future. They will have a reconstitution scheme and when-----