Willie Penrose (Westmeath, Labour)
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Question 141: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will take steps to ensure that a drain which circles an area (details supplied) will be cleaned out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16214/04]

Tom Parlon (Laois-Offaly, Progressive Democrats)
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I understand the drain in question forms part of the River Boyne catchment drainage scheme for which the Commissioners of Public Works have a maintenance responsibility. Work which was being undertaken on tributaries in the Marlinstown area of the scheme is being suspended pending the commencement of work on the Deel river which can only be carried out during the months of May and October due to the Fisheries Board's requirements regarding the fish spawning season. Works in the Marlinstown area will be completed before the end of theyear.