andMr. Collins asked the Minister for Finance if a decision has been reached with regard to the allocation among the various sub-heads of Vote 10 of the additional £250,000 made available to the Special Employment Schemes Office, and, if so, what proportion is being made available for works in the rural areas.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Employment and Emergency Schemes.
The full amount of the additional provision of £250,000 has not yet been allocated. It has, however, been decided to make an allocation of £140,000 to urban employment schemes, making a total allocation of £280,000 to that sub-head (F), of which I may say that a sum of £155,000 will be allocated to the Dublin County Borough area, conditional on the corporation contributing £31,000 and putting up suitable work schemes. The amounts will be notified to the various urban authorities at an early date.
As regards the allocation from the sum of £250,000 for works in the rural areas, £10,000 has been allocated to bog development schemes, bringing the total of sub-head I to £125,000. I have not for the present decided upon the allocation of the balance (£100,000) of the additional provision of £250,000 and, consequently, I cannot say what portion of that balance may be devoted to schemes in rural areas.