asked the Minister for Finance when it is proposed to carry out a survey of the River Suir with a view to removing obstructions which are responsible for serious flooding.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - River Suir Survey.
As I indicated in reply to a previous similar question by the Deputy, works of the nature referred to would fall to be undertaken by the Commissioners of Public Works only as part of a comprehensive drainage scheme under the Arterial Drainage Act, 1945. I am not in a position to say when a survey of the River Suir for the purposes of that Act can be carried out.
Would the Parliamentary Secretary say if he will consider the proposal to amend the Arterial Drainage Act, 1945, with a view to having rivers of this kind not done piecemeal?
That is surely a separate question.