The reply to the question refers to county boundaries. There must be something rather strange in my constituency. Land on the Knockmealdown Mountains is not included in the scheme and a couple of hundred yards over the mountain in Waterford similar land is included. In south Tipperary we have the same problem where land on the Cork side of the boundary is included and similar land in Tipperary is not. A blind man could see that there is no difference in the type of land and farming carried on there. It does not make sense at all. The officials must have gone astray in the bog when they were inspecting that area, but they were lucky to stay on the Waterford side.

What Deputy Byrne has said has been echoed throughout Ireland. I am sure Deputy Reynolds will have something to say in relation to Longford. This was the biggest single extension of the scheme.

This extension of the scheme was to include one and a quarter million acres across the country and no matter where one drew the boundary people on the outside of it genuinely believed they were entitled to be included. Strict criteria were adhered to in drawing up our submission.

What is the difference between a farmer trying to exist in Waterford and in south Tipperary on similar type land? What official decided that one can be included and the other cannot? That official would need to have his eyes tested and not his teeth removed.