asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware that the embankments on the upper stretches of the Feale River from Listowel town are badly in need of repair owing to erosion; and that this river was surveyed by the Office of Public Works some years ago with a view to carrying out arterial drainage; if he will have repairs carried out as some very valuable land has been washed away by floods; and if he will state on whom rests the responsibility for maintenance of these embankments.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Feale River Embankments.
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The responsibility of the Office of Public Works in regard to the Feale River is limited to the maintenance of the works completed under the Feale catchment drainage scheme. The question of extending the scheme to take in the upper reaches of the Feale river was very fully considered in the past and was found to be so uneconomic that it could not be justified.
The maintenance of the embankments referred to by the Deputy is not a responsibility of the Commissioners of Public Works.