asked the Minister for Finance if he will now give the date on which work on the Broadmeadow River, Swords, County Dublin, will commence.

The scheme has been confirmed and works will be commenced in the next couple of weeks.

On behalf of the people of County Dublin, I wish to thank the Parliamentary Secretary.

Bring in the deputation.

The election gets nearer.

I suppose he will recite a decade of the rosary now.

It will be "the widow" next week.

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asked the Minister for Finance when the work on the widening and reconstruction of the Matt River from Ring Commons to Balbriggan, County Dublin, will commence.

This river will be considered as an Intermediate River proposal but, pending engineering investigation, I cannot say when a scheme may be carried out.