asked the Minister for Fisheries (a) whether a proposed bog road at Tullagh, Coolmountain, County Cork, was inspected by an Inspector of the Land Commission, who stated the work could not be carried out because the Land Commission was precluded from spending any money out of the Relief Grant on estates purchased prior to 1903; whether this statement was in accordance with fact; and whether any such instructions were issued; (b) whether he is aware that on representations being made that no reasonable ground for rejecting the proposal had been shown, a further report of another Land Commission Inspector was quoted, stating that the road was intended to accommodate one tenant, ignoring the fact that it was intended to open up a bog for which there is great local need, and that practically every local labourer is unemployed; if he will state the date on which the latter inspector saw the road in question, and what report he submitted as a result of his inspection.
CEISTEANNA—QUESTIONS. ORAL ANSWERS. - BOG ROAD TO COOLMOUNTAIN (COUNTY CORK).
This work was excluded from the Cork relief scheme because it only served one farmer whose Poor Law valuation is £42. It would, in addition, to providing a better road to this man's house, also lead to the development of an area of 50 acres of turbary in his possession.
In the opinion of the Land Commission works of much greater necessity have been selected.