asked the Minister for Finance if he will state the reasons, if any, for the delay in handing over the road leading to Roche's Point, Aghada, County Cork, to the local authority, whether he is aware that the road is at present impassable to the grave inconvenience of residents in the district, and, further, whether negotiations for handing over the road have been concluded; and, if so, on what date the road will be transferred to the local authority.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Transfer of Road to Cork County Council.
Negotiations with the Cork County Council for the transfer to them of the roadway in question have been completed. The necessary legal formalities in connection with the matter are in train and will it is hoped be brought to an early conclusion.
Is the Parliamentary Secretary aware that these negotiations, as he calls them, were completed two years ago; that since then that road has become impassable owing to the delay on the part of the Department in handing over the road? Will the road be handed over now?
There are some little legal difficulties and when they are got over the road will be handed over and you will get a grant of £900 for doing it.
Meantime, who will provide a road for the people living there who, after all, are paying rates and for whom it is the duty of the Department to keep the road? It is the Parliamentary Secretary's responsibility to keep the road until it is handed over.
It is not.
I beg your pardon. You will get a docket for it and then you will know it.