Mr. Brendan Gleeson:

There is an emphasis on the new programme. We need a new farmers strategy as part of our national plan. Under the previous CAP, we exploited the potential in the regulations to the maximum when it came to helping young farmers but all present know there are multiple factors in young people's decisions on what profession to follow.

Aids to private storage, APS, and interventions have not changed. There was a change for 2018 in the way that skimmed milk powder, SMP, was to be purchased. In response to the very large quantities of SMP that were in stock, it may only be purchased by tender. The Commission has begun to get rid of that stock. Another 23,000 tonnes went this week. It is being well managed and wound down without any dramatic impact on price. There is no change in the new regulations.