Boyle and Bonet drainage schemes

Summary

Work on both schemes began on 5 July 1982, with about one kilometre completed on each. A £900,000 allocation for 1983 is expected to more than double the roughly 30-person workforce and increase work levels.

Thomas McEllistrim Jnr. Mr. McEllistrim Fianna Fáil

asked the Minister for Finance the up-to-date position on the dredging of the Rivers Boyle and Bonet in Counties Sligo and Roscommon.

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Raymond MacSharry Mr. MacSharry Fianna Fáil

asked the Minister for Finance the present position in relation to the drainage of the Boyle and Bonet rivers.

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Joseph Bermingham Mr. J. Bermingham Labour Party

I propose to take Questions Nos. 13 and 14 together.

Work on the Boyle and Bonet drainage schemes commenced on 5 July 1982. To date, approximately one kilometre of construction work has been completed on each scheme.

Funds have been provided in the 1983 Estimates to enable work on the scheme to continue.

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Thomas McEllistrim Jnr. Mr. McEllistrim Fianna Fáil

What funds have been provided for the dredging of the Boyle and the Bonet this year?

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Joseph Bermingham Mr. J. Bermingham Labour Party

There will be an allocation of £900,000 this year. There is a total of about 30 men employed on the scheme at present and, with the revised allocation, it is expected that this figure will more than double with a consequential increase in the work level on the two schemes.

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