My question relates to agriculture. There has been a delay in payments to farmers whose farms have been subject to satellite mapping review. The single farm payment should have been paid in September and the area aid payment in October but those who have been subject to a mapping process have had their payments delayed. They need this money to pay the bills of their farming enterprises throughout the year. Will the Tánaiste ensure that the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine makes sure these payments are made urgently?

As a former Minister in that Department and as someone who has applied for many payments at different times, I understand the mapping issue but until the Department gets clarity on the size of the individual parcels of land in a holding, it is difficult for it to pay out under the rules of the Common Agricultural Policy, to which it must adhere. I will, however, get the Minister to reply to Deputy Harty directly. If there are significant delays, that is an issue which needs to be resolved.