Bobby Aylward (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will get another chance.

On the milk quota, I welcome the three-year chance for farmers to pay it back. The price of milk had dropped, the market fell away, the quotas had been disbanded, the farmers were prompted by everyone, including the Department and politicians, to get into more milk and then the bottom fell out of it. Can the Secretary General outline the Department's rationale for the introduction of the instalment scheme? I want to know how many producers are behind in their payments and the value of the arrears outstanding, and how will the Department recover these arrears. I note the Department has half the money already but it has still two more years to go.