Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 5 Jul 1961

Vol. 191 No. 2

Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Grants for Water Supply Schemes.

13.

Mr. O'Sullivan

asked the Minister for Agriculture the number of applications for grants which were sanctioned under the water supply scheme in each year since the scheme was initiated in (a) the country as a whole, and (b) County Cork, and the total number of such grants made available to the latest available date.

Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Smith)

As the reply includes a tabular statement, I propose, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to have it circulated with the official Report.

Following is the information:—

WATER Supplies Scheme.

Year	Number of applications for grants sanctioned	Number of grants paid
Entire country	County Cork
Entire country	County Cork	Farm Dwellings	Farmyards and Fields	Farm Dwellings	Farmyards and Fields
1950-51	675	246	112	—	17	—
1951-52	1,359	408	954	—	303	—
1952-53	671	199	809	—	202	—
1953-54	2,240	578	1,904	—	569	—
1954-55	1,343	350	1,747	—	462	—
1955-56	1,590	382	1,721	—	422	—
1956-57	1,780	452	1,963	35	523	6
1957-58	2,067	483	1,829	187	404	36
1958-59	2,319	533	2,133	588	521	125
1959-60	3,024	758	2,461	989	581	270
1960-61	3,170	773	2,960	1,825	673	423
TOTALS	20,238	5,162
Period 1-4-61 — 31-5-61	257	185	54	43
	TOTALS	18,850	3,809	4,731	903

NOTE: The figures of applications sanctioned and grants paid are not directly comparable because (a) an applicant who proposes to provide at the same time a water supply to his farm dwelling and one to his farmyard and fields receives only one approval while the combined amount paid to him is, for accounting reasons, recorded as two separate grants, and (b) a grant is not necessarily paid in the same year as that in which the relevant application is sanctioned.

Mr. O'Sullivan

Could the Minister give the final figures?

Mr. Smith

The total for the whole country is 20,238 and for Cork county, 5,162.