Mr. Bill Callanan:

The development of a scheme is a political issue for the Minister. Voluntary schemes do not fall into my area so I would be reluctant to say something on where we are at in its development as I would be wondering whether I was correct. One of the recommendations of the dairy group was to investigate opportunities for a livestock reduction scheme. It was not specific with regard to category. The work on looking at these opportunities is ongoing. I cannot comment on where it is at.