I propose, with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, to take Questions Nos. 50 and 51 together. I understand that the cottage at Balcunnin to which the Deputy refers was completed in June, 1963, at a cost of £1,806. The cottage was provided in replacement of an existing privately-owned unserviced cottage which was demolished as part of a road improvement scheme. The full cost is being defrayed out of the main road improvement grant for the scheme. The house plan was not submitted for my approval.
With regard to the other single rural cottages to which he refers, I indicated in a reply to the Deputy on the 2nd July, 1963, my reason for not approving proposals for unserviced cottages on this site. I understand that the housing authority is now investigating the feasibility of providing fully serviced dwellings for the applicants and I shall await their further proposals.