The Minister stated that he would be prepared to accept late applications.

I said I was prepared to have a look at that.

Would the Minister accept appeals from people who feel they have not been treated fairly in the allocation of the grant under the feed scheme?

If Deputies feel there are people who have been unfairly treated I would ask them to let me know.

There are probably very few people in each county who have failed to apply. Would it not be better to have a small discretionary fund administered to ACOT or the FMS? By the time the Minister deals with all the applications, the feed will be of very little use to those who have suffered hardship. They need the feed much earlier.

All eligible people have already been paid. We will now look to see if there is anything left in the kitty and I will then consider those people I have been asked about. I was asked about the Shannon scheme in a supplementary question. I want to point out that I answered a question on this topic before Christmas and the statistics given were not correct. The question was from Deputy Leyden, who has a further question down today. I pointed out the correct statistics in a subsequent letter to him. Regarding Deputy Naughten's question, we are giving voucher aid to people in the Shannon Valley area as well as the Shannon Valley money. The can qualify for both schemes.

I am moving to the next question.

I did not get in on this question at all.

I heard your sweet voice earlier on.