Lynn Boylan (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

My experience from working in the national park was that hawthorn and blackthorn are trees, but Senator Boyhan has put it better than I could. On the agri-environmental schemes, there are issues in that regard given the situation in Ukraine etc. I do not understand why these two species could not be added to the list, because as I said they are not shrubs but trees. Perhaps the Minister of State will take these comments back to the Department and reconsider this aspect before we go on to Report Stage.