Mr. Brendan Gleeson:

There are teething problems. There are sometimes even problems after teething. I was asked about the budget and how things such as TAMS will be affected if we do not have a multi-annual financial framework, MFF. There will be a budget. Even if there is not agreement on an MFF there will be an annual budget. On any commitments made for TAMS in the current MFF, there is a rule called "n+3". This means that if a commitment is made in 2019 it can be paid up until the end of 2022. Contracts and grant approvals would be honoured. There would be a budget even if we did not have an MFF, but it would be a budget rolled over, minus the UK contribution. I am not sure what that would look like. I am not sure it has ever happened before. I think it would be new territory. It would certainly be new territory for me, but it might also be new territory for the European Union. There would be a budget, however, as there would be here in the event of a constitutional crisis or something. There would be a budget the following year but it would be limited in some way.