asked the Minister for Transport and Power the number of areas in which rural electrification schemes were completed in each year since the commencement of the scheme, and the number of areas which have yet to be completed.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Rural Electrification Schemes.
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As the reply is in the form of a tabular statement I propose, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to have it circulated with the Official Report.
The following is the statement:—
Year ended 31st March |
Number of Areas Completed |
1947 |
Nil |
1948 |
7 |
1949 |
30 |
1950 |
45 |
1951 |
49 |
1952 |
49 |
1953 |
49 |
1954 |
60 |
1955 |
75 |
1956 |
99 |
1957 |
80 |
1958 |
60 |
1959 |
45 |
1960 |
40 |
1961 |
40 |
1962 |
29 |
Number of areas yet to be completed |
34 |
Would the Minister mind sending a copy of it to the Taoiseach so that he can eat his own words, because it will show that he should?