asked the Minister for Local Government if his attention has been directed to a recent District Court decision in County Mayo in a case where a tractor owner, having the £8 agricultural tax paid on the tractor, was adjudged to have committed an offence by carrying the building materials necessary for out-offices, which he was erecting on his land; and, if in view of the statements made by him in regard to this matter during the debate on the Report of Financial Resolution No. 2 on 12th November, 1952, he will introduce proposals for amending legislation at an early date to clarify the position.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Use of Tractor.
My attention has not been directed to the case referred to, but I am quite satisfied that a person is entitled to haul building materials for out-offices on his land on an £8 licence and that amending legislation is not required to clarify the position.
Is the Minister satisfied that amending legislation is not required in the case of a person who pays an £8 tax on an agricultural tractor that he does not use for hire or reward but for all purposes on his farm, including the carriage of building materials?
The Minister is satisfied that the question before him over the Deputy's name and the reply to that question is as follows (reply again read).
Is the Minister aware that a district justice in the West recently indicated that he does not hold with that view?
I would not like to be made responsible for everything that a district justice may say.
I am sure that he would hold the same feelings towards the Minister.