(Cavan-Monaghan) asked the Minister for the Environment if he will explain the delay in the payment of water and sewerage grants to a person (details supplied) in County Cavan; if he will give the dates on which the application was made and the notice of completion of the work was received; if he has been requested by Cavan County Council to notify them of the payment of the grant so that they may pay their grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

My Department have no record of an application from a person with the name and address mentioned by the Deputy.

Have the Department a record of an application from a person with a similar name or address?

I have given the reply in regard to the person mentioned in the question.

Is there a likelihood there may have been confusion in regard to the Christian name or the name of the townland?

We have made an exhaustive search in the Department and we are unable to trace the name and the address.

(Cavan-Monaghan): At this late stage may I ask the Minister if he will agree to postpone the question? I have only come into the House having been away for a couple of days. The name is not given in the question for obvious reasons, and I am not in a position to ask supplementaries that perhaps I should ask.

The question has been answered.

This would appear to be another of the "less than 50 cases". Will the Minister accept a sworn affidavit from this applicant?

The answer is a straight no.