asked the Minister for Finance if he will state in respect of each of the years 1952-53, 1953-54, 1954-55 and 1955-56 the expenditure on minor employment schemes for the rural districts of Tralee, Listowel and Dingle, and, in respect of each district, the proposed expenditure for the year 1956-57.

As the information requested is in the form of a tabular statement, I propose, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to circulate it with the official report.

Expenditure for sub-divisions of a county are not readily available and I have given instead the allocations for the areas concerned.

Following is the statement:—

MINOR EMPLOYMENT SCHEMES

COUNTY KERRY