Will the Minister state how many calf to beef schemes in the western area have been sanctioned and are going ahead? Will he assure the House that there are no officers in his Department who are trying to kill this scheme on the basis of a cost-benefit analysis?

I gave the figures to the House a fortnight ago with regard to the calf to beef scheme. They are very small. However, there were extra numbers of inquiries this spring for the scheme and, thus, the figures I have would be somewhat distorted. However, they would be very small. The various projects so far as cost-benefit analysis is concerned would have to conform to the same criteria as the IDA apply to any project. I do not know of any bias by any Department in this matter.

There was a meeting in the west and some administrators wanted to write off the west.