asked the Minister for Transport and Power if he can state when the ESB can supply power and light to 18 applicants at Carriganassa, Killeagh, County Cork.

I am informed by the Electricity Supply Board that the house-holders in question reside in the Board's Glendine rural area which is not likely to be recanvassed under the Rural Electrification Post Development Scheme before 1972. Construction work commences about six months after the canvass.