asked the Minister for the Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Cavan County Council has submitted to his Department for sanction a proposal for the erection of 11 rural cottages in the county; if his attention has been further drawn to the conditions in which many of these applicants are living, some in caravans with no electricity or running water, and the fact that they have been on the waiting list for five years or more; if in view of the grave disappointment expressed following his Department's decision not to make funds available to start any of these houses in 1987, he will reconsider his decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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