asked the Minister for External Affairs if he will give details of the various schemes it is proposed to carry out with the £6,000,000 of E.C.A. free grant money and if these projects have to be submitted to the Government of the United States of America for approval.

In answer to Dáil Questions on the 10th June, 1952, 18th February and 23rd April, 1953, I outlined the various schemes for the utilisation of the American Grant Counterpart Fund. These proposals have been forwarded to the American authorities and are under active consideration by them.