I draw the Minister's attention to the fact that two weeks ago in this House, his colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Aylward, gave a guarantee, following strike action at his Department's offices, that additional resources and overtime would be provided for personnel in the Department to process REPS and other scheme applications, apart altogether from the provision for certification of animals to allow movement. I regret I have learned today that the provision for overtime working has been withdrawn breaking an element of the negotiated strike settlement. During the negotiations we were told clearly and distinctively that resources would be provided to facilitate overtime working. Since the ending of the strike not one REPS application pending for nine months in south Galway has been cleared for payment nor has even one additional new application been processed. If that is the response, it is regrettable. I ask the Minister to intervene as a matter of urgency to rectify the situation. What other sector which depends on such payments for a sizeable proportion of its income would wait an additional nine months?