§ Mr. O'SHEEasked the Secretary to the Treasury what is the total amount of Grants received by the Waterford County Council from the Road Board, and in respect of how many miles of steam-rolled roads have such Grants been made; what is the total expenditure by the county council on the road mileage towards which the Grants have been made; what further Grants have the Road Board agreed to make to the Waterford County Council; and what is the amount of the total expenditure for which the Board stipulates and towards which these Grants are to be a contribution?
§ Mr. MONTAGUThe answer to the first part of the question is £1,828; to the second, about ten miles; to the third, £2,901; to the fourth, half the cost of improving certain sections of the Waterford-Cork Road; the other half of the cost being met by the county council out of a loan from the Board free of interest repayable in five annual instalments. The total cost is estimated at £6,188.