asked the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries if he is aware that a person (particulars supplied) was refused a grant from his Department for taking water one mile to his farmyard because he connected his new house to the same source and got a grant from the Department of Local Government; and why a common cost does not operate in such cases.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Water Supply Grant.
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In this case a new dwellinghouse was constructed with full water services in accordance with the provisions of the Housing Acts and the appropriate grant under the Acts was paid by the Department of Local Government. The grant included the maximum subsidy payable by the State in respect of the dwellinghouse water services, and in the particular case these involved the piping of supply from the public watermain about one mile away.
A grant under my Department's water supplies scheme towards the cost of a farmyard piped water supply was sought when construction of the dwelling and its services was nearing completion and the first instalment of the grant had already been paid some six months earlier by the Department of Local Government. The farmyard water system consisted of only a short branch from the dwellinghouse supply pipe. In accordance with normal practice, a grant appropriate to the costs of labour and materials used in constructting the branch water service to the farmyard was offered to the person concerned who, however, refused it.