With the permission of the Ceann Comhairle I propose to take Questions Nos. 245 and 246 together.
The number of additional jobs created in 1976 and 1977 arising from this Department's capital programme is estimated at 282 and 384 respectively.
It is not possible from the Departments records to give particulars of the peak number of persons employed during the period 1st January-30th September, 1977. The amount of work involved in identifying the location of the capital work involved would not be warranted.