I am glad that the Minister appears to be fully rested after what must have been a difficult week. The importation of cereal substitutes appears to be the single largest problem facing our producers who are not subject to quota or co-responsibility. Has the Minister made any proposals to the EC delegation negotiating at the GATT talks to alleviate the great problems cereal substitutes are causing Irish cereal growers?

While it is a separate matter I do acknowledge that it is one of the major issues that arises constantly in the course of the régime for cereals within the EC. I want to assure the Deputy that I have been active, with some colleagues, in constantly raising this issue. However, the Deputy will appreciate also that there are implications for the GATT negotiations in that issue and that we have brought to the attention of the Commissioners most directly concerned the need to achieve a proper balance between our obligations under the GATT and to protect — within the obligations of trade — the interests of our cereal producers. The Deputy will have noted the exceptional arrangements I negotiated last year for Irish producers, which were that 90 per cent of our growers are accepted as small producers for refund purposes which, to say the least, has mitigated the impact.

Could the Minister indicate to the House the cost of cereal substitutes, the cost to the Common Agricultural Policy budget?

That is a separate question — I was not asked that detail — but it has no cost for the Common Agricultural Policy. It may be a problem for producers——

Intervention storage for EC cereal growers?

It does not have any impact on the Common Agricultural Policy in terms of cost.

I am calling Question No. 14.