Arterial drainage capacity in the west
Treacy called for arterial waterways to have enough capacity to drain additional land and asked about works in several catchments. The Minister listed included catchments; the Chair then moved on, saying the supplementary was far from the original question.
The Minister will agree that there are still a lot of applications outstanding under the western drainage scheme which has been of much benefit in bringing land into production. We still have over 600,000 acres in the west needing arterial drainage. Would the Minister agree that our arterial waterways must be of sufficient capacity to take extra water so that land can be brought into production following drainage?
Comment on this
Many arterial works are included in the schemes which have been drawn up already. The catchment areas of the Corrib, the Mask, the Robe, the Boyle and the Bonet are included. I do not see the Dunkellin mentioned.
