Housing (Gaeltacht) Act, 1929

Arrangements for joint purchasing.

12.—(1) The Minister may, if and so far as he thinks it expedient so to do, make, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, arrangements for facilitating the purchase by persons to whom grants are made under this Act of materials and fittings required by them for the execution of the works towards which such grants are made.

(2) Whenever the execution of works towards which grants or loans under this Act have been or are intended to be sanctioned is in the opinion of the Minister prevented or hindered by undue difficulty in obtaining supplies of lime or sand or the use of scaffolding and other plant the Minister may, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, make such arrangements as he with the consent aforesaid shall think proper for providing or facilitating the obtaining (as the circumstances may require) at reasonable prices supplies of lime or of sand or the use of scaffolding or other plant