asked the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries if he will state (a) the target price for milk delivered to dairies; (b) the intervention price for butter, skim milk powder and cheese in the EEC for 1972; and (c) the threshold prices for dairy products.

As the information is in the form of a tabular statement, I propose with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, to circulate it with the Official Report.

Following is the statement:

*The prices for the year 1972/73 have not yet been fixed. Those shown are the proposals of the Commission currently being considered by the Council of Ministers.

†There are no intervention prices fixed for cheese other than for the two Italian varieties shown.