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Dáil Éireann - Volume 32 - 23 October, 1929 Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Courtown Harbour Improvements Grant. Mr. Allen Mr. Allen Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Lands and Fisheries if he will state why the grant promised by his Department towards the repair of sluice gates and the provision of a grab dredger at Courtown Harbour has not been forwarded to the Wexford County Council, and if he is farther aware that the County Council voted their portion of the required sum for this purpose in March last. Mr. Lynch Mr. Lynch Mr. Lynch: No decision has yet been arrived at in this matter. An alternative method of carrying out the necessary works recommended by the Board of Public Works is being submitted to the Wexford County Council for their consideration. Mr. Allen Mr. Allen Mr. Allen: I should like to ask the Minister if his Department promised to go 50/50 with the County Council in the cost of this work? Mr. Lynch Mr. Lynch Mr. Lynch: If the Deputy is referring to a deputation received by me some time ago—— Mr. Allen Mr. Allen Mr. Allen: No deputation at all. The Minister's Department promised to go 50/50 with the County Council in this work. Mr. Lynch Mr. Lynch Mr. Lynch: I should like to know when. Mr. Allen Mr. Allen Mr. Allen: Early this year — last March or February. Mr. Lynch Mr. Lynch 17 Mr. Lynch: I do not think so. The County Council promised to put up something like £1,065 if the Department of Fisheries was prepared to recommend the remainder. That was submitted to the Board of [17] Works. The Board of Works have examined the proposal of the County Council and are putting up an alternative scheme, which is being sent to the County Council for consideration. Mr. Allen Mr. Allen Mr. Allen: Will the Department go 50/50 with the County Council? Mr. Lynch Mr. Lynch Mr. Lynch: That is another matter. I could not answer that. I would have to sec what the proposal was before I could say whether I could even recommend it to the Department of Finance. I could not exactly say whether we would or not. Mr. Corish Mr. Corish Mr. Corish: Has not the Minister's Department agreed to bear 50 per cent. of the cost in the event of an approved scheme being put up? Mr. Lynch Mr. Lynch Mr. Lynch: I would not say that. Mr. Corish Mr. Corish Mr. Corish: That is the information the County Council got. Mr. Lynch Mr. Lynch Mr. Lynch: It is not in writing—it is not in my Department. What I am prepared to say is this, that the only information I have of any promise of going 50/50 in any scheme is that made by me personally to certain Deputies whom I met in the corridor. I said that if there was an approved scheme put up I was prepared to recommend that we go 50/50. That is the only information I have of any promise. Dáil Éireann 32 Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. Courtown Harbour Improvements Grant. Questions 19291023
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