The persons in question have been deemed ineligible under the conditions applying in the case of one particular measure of the revitalisation programme for the Castlemaine bottom mussel fishery, which is administered by Bord Iascaigh Mhara.
Undertakings have however been given by the board to the applicants that their case will be sympathetically reviewed under another measure of the revitalisation programme. I have requested Department officials to liaise with the board in ensuring that consideration of the case can be concluded as expeditiously as possible.