asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware that the Mayo County Council forwarded petitions and maps to the Commissioners of Public Works requesting the drainage of the Gweston, Pollock and Yellow Rivers over five years ago, and have recently forwarded a resolution requesting the Commissioners to expedite the preparation of drainage schemes for those rivers, and if he will now state the present position with regard to the preparation of such schemes.
Written Answers. - Drainage of Mayo Rivers.
The Commissioners of Public Works received recently the request of the Mayo County Council relative to the proposed drainage scheme for the Gweston, Pollock and Yellow Rivers, and the reports of their inspectors on this proposal are still under consideration.