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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 27 Mar 1963

Vol. 201 No. 4

Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Issue of Limited Haulage Permits.

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asked the Minister for Transport and Power if he will consider extending the terms under which limited haulage permits, commonly called trade plates, were issued to hauliers resident on Achill Island, County Mayo, so that in future they may be enabled to operate services within a radius of twenty miles of Achill Sound.

The licences to which the Deputy refers were issued under Section 115 of the Transport Act, 1944, on the grounds of inadequacy of transport in Achill Island and the Curraun Peninsula. I have no evidence that transport facilities throughout an area of 20 miles radius of Achill Sound are inadequate and in the circumstances, I am precluded by law from extending the existing licences referred to.

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