asked the Minister for Transport and Power when the householders of Monategue, Craughwell, County Galway, will be supplied with electric current.

I am informed by the Electricity Supply Board that the householders of Monategue, Craughwell, County Galway, are included in the board's Derrydonnell rural area which is due for development under the final phase of the rural electrification programme in 1974.

Advertisements will be published in the local papers early in 1974 inviting all unsupplied residents in the Derrydonnell rural area to apply for connection. The electricity supply will then be extended to those who apply for supply and accept the terms quoted. It is expected that work in the area will be completed by the end of 1974.