asked the Minister for Finance whether he has been invited to receive a deputation consisting of the Deputies for Laoighis-Offaly and Carlow-Kildare, together with representatives of the Barrow Drainage Ratepayers' Association concerning proposals for the reduction of the rates at present charged to the landowners in the drainage area and in the counties concerned; and if he will state if he is prepared to meet the members of the proposed deputation, and, if so, when.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Drainage Rates in Carlow-Kildare.
A request was made by the Barrow Drainage Ratepayers' Association that a deputation should be received to discuss the charges imposed on the ratepayers of Counties Kildare, Leix and Offaly, and on the landowners in the district, by the final award for the Barrow drainage district. These are statutory charges, which cannot be altered except by legislation, and I see no useful purpose which would be served by receiving the proposed deputation.