andMr. Spring asked the Minister for Labour when approval for the implementation of the employment incentive scheme for 1979 will be granted.

Approval of the implementation of the employment incentive scheme for 1979 has already been granted. The scheme under which premiums are paid to employers in respect of the recruitment of additional eligible employees, continues to apply to employers in manufacturing industry and agriculture—including horticulture—the hotel and catering industry and the services sector generally and the construction industry.