asked the Minister for Local Government whether he is aware that certain parts of the register for County Limerick, which it was feared could not be completed by the 31st July, were taken from the printers by the instructions of an inspector of the Local Government Ministry to be executed elsewhere; whether he is aware that there are other printing establishments in Limerick capable of undertaking the work and completing it by the date named, but which were not approached on the subject; whether similar action has been taken in respect to the register of every other constituency; also, will he state what is the minimum period that must elapse between the date when the register is ready for publication and the date when an election may be held.
CEISTEANNA—QUESTIONS. [ORAL ANSWERS.] - PRINTING OF CO. LIMERICK REGISTER.
No part of the copy for the Register for the County of Limerick has been taken away from the local printers. So long as we are satisfied that the work can be completed by the 31st instant it is not intended to do so. If the firm to whom the work has already been given is unable to complete it by the 31st instant arrangements have been made to secure its completion in conjunction with another local firm. In almost every other area the work is rapidly approaching completion.
In any case in which a printer is unable to do the work expeditiously, the balance of the copy he cannot complete is printed elsewhere, so as not to delay the publication of the Register.
There is no minimum period prescribed for the holding of an election after the publication of the Register.
From that answer, is it to be taken that the Register will be completed in that case and in every other case by the 31st of this month?
We are making every possible effort to secure that it will be. We cannot say whether we can succeed or not.