asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if he has satisfied himself regarding the decision of his Department not to honour commitments given to members of the Ballyfinboy Drainage Committee, Borrisokane, County Tipperary that his Department would agree to act as consultant engineers for that scheme; and the reason for his Department's decision to pursue legal opinion in the case; the nature and numbers of legal opinion received and rejected; if the evidence of local Department officials directly involved with the Ballyfinboy committee had been sought and supplied when legal opinion was sought; and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that members of that committee will be forced to seek redress and compensation through the courts despite his Department's prior agreement to act as consultants; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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