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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 6 Jun 1962

Vol. 195 No. 15

Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Drainage of Roscommon Rivers.

37.

asked the Minister for Local Government whether in view of the undertaking given by him to a deputation from Roscommon County Council on 14th January, 1960, that he was prepared to consider sympathetically proposals for the completion of the drainage of the three rivers, namely, the Crannagh Cross, Feorish and Lung, and in view of the fact that he has since sanctioned proposals for the Crannagh Cross River, he will now indicate what assistance he proposes to make available to the county council towards the completion of the drainage of the Lung and Feorish Rivers.

Since I received the deputation referred to by the Deputy, Roscommon County Council have prepared major proposals for the drainage of the Feorish and Lung Rivers which have been referred at the request of the county council to the Office of Public Works. The question of assistance by me does not therefore arise.

Is the Minister aware that all the members of the deputation who were present on the particular date are prepared to swear to the effect that the Minister said that those two rivers would get exactly the same treatment in the matter of financial accommodation as the Crannagh Cross river? In view of the seriousness of the position, in which the Minister's word is in doubt, will the Minister take the necessary steps at this stage to honour the promise he made?

If the Minister is pushed far enough, he will take the necessary steps but not to honour what has been said now by the Deputy. I am not going to repeat what I said at that time but I deny emphatically what has been said now by the Deputy.

A Cheann Comhairle, would I be permitted to raise on the Adjournment the fact that the Minister is going back on his word?

That is not so.

The Minister's Party is prepared to swear he made that promise.

That is the Deputy's word.

(Interruptions.)

Is the Taoiseach not able to control his Minister?

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