asked the Minister for Finance if he will state what steps, if any, are now being taken by the Commissioners of Public Works to proceed with the scheme for the drainage of the Gweston, Pollock and Yellow Rivers in the County Mayo and the estimated cost of such scheme.

The position of the Pollock and Yellow Rivers scheme is unchanged since my reply to a similar question by the Deputy on the 20th May last.

The scheme was estimated in 1937 to cost £15,000.

asked the Minister for Finance if he will now state if it is the intention of the Commissioners of Public Works to prepare a scheme for the drainage of the Clare-Dalgan River in south Mayo.

No progress can be made with this or other outstanding schemes pending legislation to amend the present drainage code.