Direct payments to farmers will bring total payments for the calendar year 2002 to considerably more than €1.4 billion. Ambitious targets for payment delivery in the protocol on direct payments to farmers are being met and Ireland's record for timely delivery of payments ranks us ahead of almost all other member states. Our system for delivering payments is one of the most efficient in the EU. We have considerably fewer disallowances in our payments system than other member states. All the data regarding meeting targets and deadlines and the efficiency of payments are available on the European Commission website.