Ivan Yates
Ceist:173 Mr. Yates asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if continuing payments under the early retirement scheme will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; the situation in relation to payments under the scheme whereby the applicant dies prior to receiving his full period of entitlement under the scheme; and if in these cases the spouse of the deceased can continue to receive payments up until the deceased applicant would have reached 70 years of age or full entitlement. [9538/99]