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asked the Minister for Finance if he will continue general repair of the worst sections of bog road opposite Mr. Andrew Gavigan's house at Derrycoffey, Croghan, Tullamore, County Offaly, into the face of the turf banks which are in need of urgent repair, and the branch roads leading immediately to the turf banks; and if he will cause an immediate inspection of this work.
110.
asked the Minister for Finance if he has recently received a request for an inspection of the bog road from the county road opposite Mr. Patrick Collins' lane and west to the turf banks at Derryiron, Rhode, County Offaly; and if in response to this request it is proposed to carry out this inspection without delay.
111.
asked the Minister for Finance if he has recently received a request for the inspection of the bog road at Emmel, Cloughjordan, County Offaly, leading from the county road to the Land Commission bog, formerly Major Stoney's; and if he will undertake to have drainage and road improvements carried out by way of grant so that turfcutters may have little difficulty in using this road.
113.
asked the Minister for Finance if he will carry out an inspection concerning a new proposal for continuation of and general repairs to the bog road from the Clonlyon Glebe accommodation road leading directly into the tuff banks at Clonlyon, Glebe, Moyclare, Belmont, County Offaly; and if he will ensure that no time is lost in dealing with this problem which is of such urgent importance to the local residents.
114.
asked the Minister for Finance if he will examine a new proposal for further improvements by way of road improvements and bog drainage to the roads leading into the bog at Moyclare, Belmont, County Offaly, south of Mr. John Devery's house and leading in the direction of the turf banks east and west; and if funds will be made available without delay for the carrying out of the required works.
115.
asked the Minister for Finance the date on which the last inspection was carried out on the accommodation and bog road from Roscore country road north of Mr. Frank Dunne's house north-west to Killaranny county road at the Green Gap at Killaranny, Derrycooly, Rahan, Tullamore, County Offaly; and if he has recently received a request for a further inspection to be carried out without delay so that this road may be put in a good state of repair for the many local users.
117.
asked the Minister for Finance if he will send an officer of his Department to inspect the bog road from Garryhinch bog road in the direction of the bridge at the Gravel Hill and the branch road east and west and leading to the banks of local turf cutters at Garryhinch, Portarlington, County Offaly; and if in view of the urgency of repairs he will deal with the matter without delay.
119.
asked the Minister for Finance the date on which an inspection was carried out by his Department on the bog road at Killeenmore, Tullamore, County Offaly; if he is satisfied with the recommendations made by the inspector in relation to this road; and if a further inspection will now be carried out without delay in response to recent local requests.
120.
asked the Minister for Finance the date on which an inspection was carried out by his Department on the bog road convenient to Scrubb Cross roads near Killeigh, County Offaly; if he is satisfied with the recommendations made by the inspector in relation to this road; and if a further inspection will now be carried out without delay in response to recent local requests.
121.
asked the Minister for Finance the date on which an inspection was carried out by his Department on the bog road from the county road at Mr. John Dunne's house at Ballylennan, Kilclonfert, Daingean, County Offaly, in the direction of the reformatory hut and on the branches in the direction of the various turf banks; if he is satisfied with the recommendations made by the inspector in relation to this road; and if a further inspection will now be carried out without delay in response to recent local requests.
123.
asked the Minister for Finance the date on which the last inspection was carried out by his Department on the bog road at Mill Bridge, Garryhinch, Portarlington, County Offaly; if he has received a recent request for additional works to be carried out; and if he will cause an immediate inspection of this road so that some improvements may be carried out within the next few weeks.
124.
asked the Minister for Finance the date of the last inspection carried out by an officer of his Department on the bog road at Tinnacrannagh, Portarlington, County Offaly from near Luke Clarke's cottage north to Mr. James Dunne's turf bank; and if he has now received an application to have a further inspection carried out with a view to extending the work already done.
125.
asked the Minister for Finance the date on which an inspection was carried out by an officer of his Department on the bog road from opposite Bergin's Lane north and east to George Dempsey's turf bank and branch west to John Whelan's turf bank; and if he has recently received a request from residents of Treascon, Portarlington, County Offaly for a further inspection to be carried out on this road.
126.
asked the Minister for Finance if he will explain why there has been no recent inspection in response to an application in connection with the bog road at Ballard, Tullamore, County Offaly leading from the county road beyond Glosh Bridge; and if he will now have the inspection carried out with the least possible delay so that turf cutters can use this road for transport of this season's turf.
With the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, I propose to take Questions Nos. 108, 110, 111, 113, 114, 115, 117, 119, 120, 121, 123, 124, 125 and 126 together, and as the reply includes a tabular statement I propose with his permission to have the whole reply included in the Official Report.
Exactly what I want.
Following is the information:—
The general position in the case of these fourteen roads is set out in my reply of 13 June, 1962 to Deputies N. Egan and K.P. Egan. I have received no other recent representations regarding them. The existing roads are all in a reasonably satisfactory condition for the removal of the turf cut this year. Any case where further repairs are required will be considered for a grant when next winter's programme of bog road works is being prepared. For this purpose arrangements have already been made to have them all re-inspected within the next few months.
In the case of Question No. 114, I assume the Deputy is referring to the road described in the records of the Special Employment Schemes Office as "from near the culvert south of John Devery's house west to Mrs. Kenny's turf bank, south to James Fox's bank and branch north to Patrick Caulfield's bank."
The dates asked for are:—
|
Question Number |
Date of last inspection |
|
115 |
12th July, 1961 |
|
119 |
16th August, 1961 |
|
120 |
6th July, 1961 |
|
121 |
26th August, 1960 |
|
123 |
4th July, 1961 |
|
124 |
29th June, 1961 |
|
125 |
29th June, 1961 |
As regards the question in Nos. 119, 120 and 121 whether I am satisfied with the recommendation made by the inspector in the case of the roads referred to, I consider that such recommendations are confidential.
