With the permission of the Ceann Comhairle I propose to take Questions Nos. 10 and 12 together.
I am informed by the Electricity Supply Board that Incheese and the area between Morley's Bridge and Coolnacullen form two very uneconomic pockets between the Board's Kilgarvan and Glenflesk rural areas. Supply can be made available to these pockets if requested but, because of their remoteness from the nearest point of supply, the householders concerned would have to pay high special service charges.
The Board will re-examine the position of these pockets from time to time in the light of changing circumstances. In the meantime, however, the householders concerned may find bottled gas an acceptable subsititute. A grant of £10 per household towards the installation of the bottled gas in houses whose charges for connection to the electricity supply would be more than double the normal fixed charge related to the size of the premises is available from my Department.
The line referred to which passes Morley's Bridge and Coolnacullen is a 38 kilovolt line from which direct supply to houses is not possible.