asked the Minister for Finance the rivers on which drainage works are now being carried out by the Office of Public Works; the number of people employed on this aspect of the office's work; the new rivers on which drainage works are likely to be initiated in the next five years.
Written Answers. - Drainage Schemes.
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The Commissioners of Public Works employ 505 operatives on the construction of the Boyne, Maigue, Corrib-Mask-Robe, Boyle, Bonet and Monaghan Blackwater drainage schemes. Pending the outcome of a review of arterial drainage it is not possible to say what drainage schemes might be commenced in the next five years.