asked the Minister for Finance when it is proposed to start work on the Dunkellin River, County Galway; if any cost/benefit survey has been done on this river; and the position of the river on the priority list.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - County Galway River.
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The Dunkellin is No. 10 on the priority list of minor catchments to be considered for treatment under the Arterial Drainage Act, 1945. It is not possible to say at this stage when a scheme for this catchment might commence. No cost/benefit study of the drainage of the catchment has been carried out to date.
It does not appear to have moved on the priority list in the last ten years. I understood from the late Deputy Kenny that this project had moved up on the priority list and that a cost/benefit survey was to be started. However, the Parliamentary Secretary is now saying that there is no proposal to have a cost/benefit survey carried out.
This is what the late Deputy Kenny said: "If I were my predecessor I could give a date, but it would be a provisional date and I might be promising things——
That is correct.
I am in much the same position.
Is it the opinion of the Parliamentary Secretary that this work will be carried out in the next two years?
I think it will be longer than that.