Will the Minister indicate to the House the overall assessment of acres that has taken place? Will he also indicate how far down the scale the assessment had progressed? Had it reached 100 acres, 150 acres or what level had been reached?

I do not have the percentages but I will give the figures which are shown at the end of the tabular statement. The gross acreage assessed was 840,102 acres and the adjusted acreage was 535,693 acres.

Arising from the Minister's reply on the storage of material, will such records be available to Deputies should they wish to have access to some information or will they be available to those carrying out research on agriculture should they make application?

Much of the records relate to individual holdings and, as such, would be in the same category as individual tax records which would not be open to public inspection.

Might I ask——

I cannot dwell all day on this question. Deputy Kennedy, a brief question, please. I have dwelt overlong on question No. 3 which, I repeat, is essentially a statistical question involving a tabular statement.

Did I hear the Minister correctly in saying that the assessments would continue?

No, they will be discontinued.