Would the Minister be prepared to examine carefully the position in regard to late applications because, despite the scheme having been well advertised, some people for one reason or another were late in applying? Some applied in the first instance to their ACOT office instead of to the farm development service. Can the Minister inform us how much money has been paid to date under the feed voucher scheme and also under the Shannon Valley scheme?

The last part of that query comes up in a further question. In regard to late applications, I do not want to raise hopes unduly. If there is money left over and if I see that there is some severe hardship involved, I will certainly give it every consideration. I hope as a result of my saying this that we will not have a massive volume of new applications which could not possibly be financed. I will be looking at the situation.