Is the Minister aware that I sought in my question to have included areas which also applied to be categorised? The Minister did not visit these areas and he was remiss in not doing so. Is he aware that there are areas in County Waterford, such as the Nire, Ballymacarbery and Mellary which have applied, and indeed, have put a case to the Department, and have been refused full recognition under this scheme, even though they may be classified for the purposes of sheep subsidies? Would the Minister explain to the House why those areas which are acknowledged to be very poor areas, in terms of income, have not been fully recognised for all schemes?

The only Government to succeed last year in getting any extension in this directive was the Irish Government. That is indicative of the general effort made to try to extend the advantages of this scheme to as many areas as possible. The first strategy was to try to get an increase in the percentage of utilised agricultural land for that purpose. Last July the Minister for Agriculture succeeded in getting an addition of 1 per cent, which is not sufficient to meet all the requirements——

Finally, would the Minister contact me in regard to the areas that have applied for full designation and let me know what steps are being taken in the matter?

I will give the Deputy the information.

A final supplementary from Deputy Deasy.