Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)

Given that what the Minister has outlined represents a short-term response, will he indicate whether a long-term response has been discussed? I ask this question in the context of the announcement by Dairygold, one of the main processors in Munster, that it has had to reduce milk prices by 17.4 cent per litre in the last 12 months. The price is currently bottoming out at some 20 cent per litre. The intervention mechanisms to which the Minister referred, such as aid to private storage and export funds, will have a short-term effect in terms of improving price. Has there been any political discussion on the overall quota regime?

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