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Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 16 Nov 1922

Vol. 1 No. 29

ESTIMATES. - RECONSTRUCTION OF CORK.

The next Vote deals with the Reconstruction of Cork, and the amount is £50,000. This was an earlier Vote than the Vote of £250,000. It was agreed to by the Provisional Government as far back as early in February, and it was with a view to making some money available for an immediate start on reconstruction in Cork. It is not a special grant; it is simply a fund established to permit of loans being made available to persons who got decrees.

LIAM de ROISTE

It may be well, if the Minister has the information, to let us know how far the sum has been availed of by firms in the City of Cork. There has been a great deal of local complaint, particularly from the Labour side, which is probably justified, that persons who could avail of this fund for reconstruction work have not availed of it to the extent that they should. If the Minister has the information, it would be no harm to give it publicly.

I cannot give the exact figures, but about 50 per cent—say £25,000 or £30,000—has been borrowed so far.

Motion made and question put "That the Dail in Committee, having considered the Estimates for the Reconstruction of Cork in 1922-23, and having passed a Vote on Account of £40,000 for the period to the 6th December, 1922, recommend that the full Estimate of £50,000 for the Financial Year 1922-23 be adopted in due course by the Oireachtas."

Agreed.

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