asked the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries the total amount of money paid out in County Leitrim and in County Sligo under the beef cattle incentive scheme and the headage grant scheme since the introduction of the headage scheme.

The information is as follows:

Can the Parliamentary Secretary tell the House when it is proposed to finish the 1975 payment?

I assume that the 1975 payment has been completed in all cases with the exception of ones where some difficulty arose. The number would be exceptionally small. As the Deputy knows, when thousands of applications are being dealt with, difficulties will arise regarding some. Most of the difficulties have been resolved but it is possible that a small number have yet to be dealt with.