asked the Minister for Finance whether he is aware that at Tramore, County Waterford, the sea has encroached on a large area of land known as the Old Racecourse; that the view is held locally that the land can be reclaimed; that its reclamation during the coming summer will provide work for most of those unemployed in Tramore and Waterford City; if he will have the place inspected by an expert with a view to obtaining a report as to the practicability of restoring the land to its former condition, and if he will sanction a grant from the Employment Schemes Vote for the purpose of reclamation.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Land Reclamation at Tramore.
The proposal for the repair of the Malcolmson embankment at Tramore was submitted by Deputy Little and examined in December, 1932, in connection with the Employment Schemes Vote, but independently of the suitability of the work from other points of view as an employment scheme, it was considered that the expenditure involved would be far in excess of any economic benefit which might be expected to accrue from the execution of the works.
Was this place inspected recently, because I am given to understand that the labour content of such a scheme would be very high?