asked the Minister for Finance if he will state the reasons for the delay in carrying out the cleaning of the Tullagh Big drain, County Donegal, and the making of a new outlet which will carry the water into the sea.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Cleaning of County Donegal Drain.
Since this work was authorised on 5th November, 1947, as a scheme for the relief of unemployment, an examination of the site has disclosed technical difficulties, to overcome which would require a system of piping and other measures, which would place it outside the scope of the minor schemes undertaken by the Special Employment Schemes Office. In addition, the cost would be excessive in relation to the utility of the proposed work and, in the circumstances, it is not proposed to proceed with it.