asked the Minister for Local Government and Public Health whether he is aware that applications for plots were submitted to the Laoighis County Council at the beginning of this year by about 40 cottage tenants and others residing in and around Rathdowney, County Laoighis, and if he will state the cause of the delay in providing same.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Plots for Cottiers in Leix.
No representations were received in my Department in regard to this matter. Upon inquiries being made recently in the offices of the Commissioner administering the Laoighis Board of Health it was ascertained that in April last a communication was received by him from the Rathdowney Parish Council regarding the provision of plots of land for certain persons in the vicinity of that town, but at that time he considered it too late to acquire the necessary land and formulate a scheme. A communication is being addressed to the Commissioner in regard to the provision of allotments in the coming year.