asked the Minister for Agriculture if he can state when it is proposed to extend the field drainage scheme to counties other than Galway and Mayo.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Field Drainage Scheme.
I would remind the Deputy that this scheme was primarily introduced in order to relieve unemployment resulting from the discontinuance of turf production by certain local authorities and by Bord na Mona. Until sufficient experience of the scheme has been gained from its trial in Counties Mayo and Galway, I shall not decide whether to extend it to other areas where the foregoing conditions exist; it is, however, intended to promote a much wider scheme of field drainage on a nation-wide scale when circumstances permit of its being undertaken.
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