I thank the Minister for the information. I ask your latitude, Sir, on this since there is a world famine though I do not blame the Minister or his Government for that. Is the Minister aware that there is a movement called "move the mountain" which is trying to move this food to famine stricken parts of the world? Will he give the House an undertaking that he will do everything possible to assist this movement?

I share the Deputy's concern. It is one of the matters in which producer nations like us and the EC collectively have a major responsibility to address. For that reason I have proposed to my colleagues in the EC Council of Agriculture Ministers that we address the problems of the world market while maintaining a level of adequate price for our producers, at the same time ensuring adequate supplies for the countries in need. I can tell the Deputy, whose concern I share, that we are reducing in many areas, for instance in skim milk powder of which we have hardly any intervention stocks at all now, that we are supplying areas of need in a balanced way to meet their needs while at the same time maintaining reasonable prices for ourselves. The Deputy's question is well based and I will continue to pursue it.