asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the functions and obligations of the Ballinamore-Ballyconnell drainage district board County Leitrim, have never been taken over by any State authority; that the responsibility for the maintenance of the drainage in the district still in law remains with the trustees of the board, and the trustees have no mechanism for the recovery of any expenditure on drainage works for which they might have an obligation; if he will take steps to have this anomaly, with serious implications for many citizens, removed; and if he will make arrangements for funding the board to enable them to fulfil their obligations while retaining their identity arising out of their constitutional position as a cross-Border authority.
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