The Minister indicated that he would initiate a large public consultation process on the reforms, which is to be welcomed. I hope it will not only involve sectoral interests such as the farming organisations but also members of the public, including consumers and rural dwellers, from which a consensus will emerge. I understand advertisements regarding the process will be published shortly. The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association, one of the smallest representative groups for farmers in the country, is not party to the partnership agreement, which is probably the vehicle many of the other farming organisations – the IFA, the ICMSA, ICOS, Macra na Feirme etc. – will use to implement the new deal. In view of this, I hope the Minster will widen the consultative process to include groups not involved in partnership and who would not, therefore, have a means of implementing the plan in a way that suits their needs.