asked the Minister for Local Government when it is proposed to culvert the remainder of the Wad and Ballyhoy Rivers at Donnycarney and Killester, Dublin, respectively.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - North Dublin Culvert.
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A proposal by the Dublin Corporation to complete the culverting of the Wad River between Beaumont Road and Malahide Road at an estimated cost of £50,232 has been approved for execution with the and of grants under the Employment and Emergency Schemes Vote. I am not in a position to state, however, when work will commence. I have received no proposals for work on a river known as the Ballyhoy River. Work was commenced recently on the culverting of part of the Nanniken River between Coolgarriff Road and Kilmore Road. This scheme is estimated to cost £27,100 and a grant from the Employment and Emergency Schemes Vote has been approved.
The Minister may not be aware of the fact that a young child living within about 100 yards of the Ballyhoy River contracted polio during the summer and it is locally believed that the condition of that river was responsible. Some time ago, I asked a question about this matter and I was informed that there was no expenditure on this river, but the Dublin Corporation have had men out there disinfecting and fumigating the river for the past four or five years.
I still say that I have not received any proposals for work on the river and that was really the impact of the Question, so far as I understood it.