Martin Mansergh (Tipperary South, Fianna Fail)

As a fellow Tipperary man, I am naturally very pleased about that.

The minor relief works along the Shannon in the vicinity of the Callows area can be done by any of the authorities in the area, supervised by the Office of Public Works, and of course we also have a direct labour force. We are not talking about draining the Callows, which is an environmentally sensitive area. It would be extremely far-fetched to link Dublin's water supplies and storage facilities to the solution of the Callows problem.

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