asked the Minster for Finance to state when it is intended to pay Grants to the amount of £51,394 due to the Tipperary North Riding County Council.
CEISTEANNA—QUESTIONS. ORAL ANSWERS. - TIPPERARY (N.R.) CO. COUNCIL GRANTS.
DOMHNALL O MUIRGHEASA
The claim of the Tipperary North Riding County Council in respect of Grants formerly withheld by the British Government was settled in September, 1922, subject to minor adjustments, by a payment of £32,876. This amount did not include Estate Duty Grant for 1921-22, and half of the Agricultural Grant for the same year, as these monies were retained in the Guarantee Fund in connection with charges under the Land Acts. Of the total amount of Estate Duty Grant for 1922-23, a sum of £75,417 approximately had to be retained in the Guarantee Fund for the same purposes, and, similarly, the first half of the current year's Agricultural Grant, amounting to approximately £299,505. The share of the Tipperary North Riding County Council of the balance of the Estate Duty Grant for 1922-23 available for immediate distribution is 835, and this amount will be paid in the course of the coming week. It is hoped also to be able to release the Agricultural Grant for the second half of the current year before the end of the current financial year.