(Cavan-Monaghan) asked the Minister for the Environment the location of road improvement works in or adjacent to cities and towns resulting from the additional sum of £2 million allocated in last January's budget for that purpose.

7.

(Cavan-Monaghan) asked the Minister for the Environment how many persons have been engaged to date this year on foot of the additional sum of £2 million allocated in last January's budget to provide 450 jobs on road works.

With the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, I propose to take Questions Nos. 6 and 7 together, and as the reply is in the form of a tabular statement, to circulate it with the Official Report. Following is the statement:

The latest returns furnished by local authorities show that the average daily employment on these schemes was 287 for the month of September, 1977. Particulars are not available of individual employment arising from these works.