In December 2019, my Department announced a new once-off standalone financial support scheme to support for calf rearing. This initiative was designed to specifically complement a series of measures put in place by stakeholders for the 2020 spring calving season, with the objective of ensuring the highest possible calf welfare outcomes. The primary investment focus was on supporting calf feeding systems such as computerised calf feeders, milk carts with mixer included and calf teat feeders. There has been a high level of uptake for the scheme. Given the specific and time bound objective of the scheme, there are no plans at this time for any such similar scheme.