asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he is yet able to make a further statement about the scheme of aid announced on 13 March for the fishing industry through producer organisations.

Copies of a paper setting out the terms and conditions of the fish producer organisations subsidy scheme 1980 have been placed in the Library and are being sent to the organisations themselves. Payments under the scheme will be made as soon as the fish producer organisations have completed their own plans for disbursing money under the scheme and are able to submit claims.