118 Mr. J. Walsh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry if he will have arrangements made to extend the butter voucher scheme to include low-fat spreads. [4727/96]

128 Miss Flaherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry if he will assess the effectiveness and efficiency of butter vouchers and consider widening their application to dairy-spreads in the short time and in the long-term paying the money directly to the welfare recipients in view of the cost of administering the scheme. [4616/96]

I propose to take Questions Nos. 118 and 128 together.