Ned O'Keeffe
Ceist:246 Mr. N. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if full payment to a person (details supplied) in County Cork under the scheme of early retirement from farming will be reinstated in view of the fact that this person is not in receipt of a pension from the Department of Social and Family Affairs; and if her attention has been drawn to the fact that this person's pension has been reduced on the grounds that they have such a pension from that Department. [15545/03]