John Perry
Question:222 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food, further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 6 November 2002 about the backlog in REP schemes payment to farmers (details supplied), the number of REP scheme applications in County Sligo and County Leitrim which have not to date been paid; the total amount of moneys held up for each county; the immediate steps which are in place to process the payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1252/03]