asked the Minister for Lands and Agriculture whether he is aware that the roads marked out and partly constructed by the late Congested Districts Board, through Ballycarrick, Coolaght (Ormsby Estate), Mossbrook, Duimady, and Cunlaghfadda bogs in the Claremorris districts are impassible; that over four hundred tenants of the Irish Land Commission are unable to remove their turf from those bogs, and that acute distress exists in those districts; whether he will state what steps, if any, are being taken by the Land Commission to repair those roads out of the Relief Funds voted by the Dáil for such purposes.
CEISTEANNA—QUESTIONS. ORAL ANSWERS. - ROADS IN CLAREMORRIS CONGESTED DISTRICTS.
With reference to the Cunlaghfadda and Drumady Bog Roads, there are at present two gangs of labourers working there, about two miles apart, and working towards each other from the Harefield and Knockroe ends, repairing an existing road and constructing a new one. This road when completed will run through Cunlaghfadda bog.
As regards the Mossbrook Bog Road, a considerable amount of work has been done here in the making of roads and drainage through this bog.
Works are also being carried out in the district of Collaght (Ormsby Estate). The particular work referred to by Deputy Nally has not yet been started, but works are being carried out in the adjoining townlands where it would appear they are more essential.
As to the Ballynacarrick Road, this work is about three miles distant from where work is being carried out on the Ormsby Estate. There is no work for the Ballynacarrick district included in the present grant, but within a radius of three miles a number of works are being carried out.