A matter that is in the programme for Government is the commitment of the former Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine on a compensation package for farmers whose lands were affected by the hen harrier issue. The package was to be put in place, but it has not materialised. These farmers are now held up very badly. They cannot get planning permission for their land and there are a lot of other hold ups on foot of the hen harrier issue. When will the Government honour the commitment given by the former Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in a place called Rockchapel where he announced the scheme which now seems to be gone by the wayside?

I will ask the Minister to answer. He is dealing with it now.

I was there in Rockchapel on the day the former Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine announced that he would introduce a scheme for farmers whose lands were designated for the protection of hen harriers. The Department has gone to tender on the process in recent days.