asked the Minister for Agriculture whether he intends to amend urgently the costings governing grants under the western drainage scheme, in view of the fact that the present costings are three years out of date, which means that the actual value of grants, originally fixed at 70 per cent of the cost, have been seriously eroded by inflation.
Written Answers. - Western Drainage Scheme.
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Because of the severe pressure on Exchequer resources it has not been possible to make any revision recently in the standard national costings used to determine the amount of grant-aid under the western drainage scheme. The matter is, however, being kept under continuous review.