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Dáil
‹ Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Air and Road Transport Policy.

Grants for Thatching Houses

Summary

Deasy said grants for thatching or rethatching were unavailable because there appeared to be no registered thatcher in Ireland, and sought an Adjournment debate. Wilson was unsure whether the matter fell within his remit but said he would like to establish the position.

I wish to raise on the Adjournment a matter on which I tabled questions to three different Ministers but to which I cannot get an answer. It has to do with the tourist industry and the availability of grants for the thatching or rethatching of houses. As far as I can determine, there is no such person in this country as a registered thatcher; therefore one cannot get a grant for this work.

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Jim Mitchell Mr. J. Mitchell Fine Gael

She is in the United Kingdom.

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Seán Treacy An Ceann Comhairle Independent

I shall communicate with the Deputy.

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I want to raise this matter on the Adjournment, if at all possible.

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Would the Deputy put the question down to me?

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I did last week and it has been taken away from that Minister.

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I am not notoriously friendly with Thatchers, but the question is of interest to me. There is a vast number of areas in Britain where the craft is very carefully cossetted and maintained and I should like to know the situation. The question may not be my responsibility.

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Jim Mitchell Mr. J. Mitchell Fine Gael

We could do without Thatchers. Nobody will claim responsibility.

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