Mr. Brendan Gleeson:

The first ANC payment run was on 19 September 2017. We paid €160 million to 75,000 farmers and that compares with €140 million and 65,000 farmers in 2016. We are making payment runs twice a week. As of 6 November 2017, €187 million has been paid to 87,000 farmers. There was a question as to whether there would be an ANC provision in the next CAP.

I cannot imagine that there will not be. While it does not refer to the term "ANC" in the leaked document, it does refer to support for rural areas and I think that necessarily means some kind of payment in recognition of disadvantage. I cannot envisage a situation where we would not have some kind of payment for disadvantage.