I propose to take Questions Nos. 163 and 172 together.
I have regular meetings with the farming organisations in relation to the common agricultural policy negotiations and these meetings are supplemented by frequent meetings at official level. In addition, the Consultative Committee on CAP reform, established by my predecessor, was set up for the specific purpose of obtaining the views of all stakeholders, farming organisations included, on the reform proposals. This committee comprises all the major farming and agriculture related representative organisations involved in Social Partnership as well as a number of academics. It meets at regular intervals, most recently in November of last year.