asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce whether he has yet received the report of the valuer who examined claims for compensation arising out of alleged additional flooding caused by the Shannon works at Birdhill, Pollock, County Tipperary; and whether he will state the reason for the delay in paying compensation to the farmers in this area, whose lands are alleged to have been damaged by such flooding.
CEISTEANNA—QUESTIONS. ORAL ANSWERS. - SHANNON SCHEME AND FLOODED LANDS.
The valuer is at present completing investigations on my behalf into the claims for compensation for damage alleged to be due to flooding of the lands at Pollagh by reason of the Shannon works, and I expect to have his report submitted for my consideration in the course of next week. No avoidable delay has occurred in the matter, but many of the claims for compensation made in connection with the Shannon works have proved difficult and laborious to deal with.