Ms Orlaigh Quinn:

I certainly acknowledge the disappointment about the level of funding. It has not been decided at this point and we are very early in discussing it at the committee because there are still many unknowns about the proposal as listed.

In terms of the programmes at which it could be directed, Senator Healy Eames asked school meals in this context. This will have to be decided and there is flexibility for each member state to decide how best it should be progressed.