The overall amount of money available for farming was secured a few months ago to 2013. The Minister has managed to negotiate a wide range of options which he can discuss in further detail with the social partners. It is good that they include the farm organisations which are there to discuss and negotiate with. Decoupling is the big issue in each sector. It appears the Minister has a wide margin of flexibility and also a fund to provide support for valuable schemes such as the REPS.