§ MR. O'SHEAasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, What has be- 1946 come of the £7 stated, in Return No. 203, to have been saved on the works at Gowleen Ross, county Clare, the amount contributed from local and other sources, and by Government grant, having been £600, and the works having been completed for £593; and, whether, as the proportion contributed towards obtaining this grant was obtained through charitable associations, to relieve the prevailing distress, he will give orders that this sum of £7 be expended in providing fishing gear for some distressed fishermen in the neighbourhood?
§ COLONEL COLTHURSTalso asked, in reference to Parliamentary Paper of this Session, No. 203, What has become of the sum of £45 saved on the works at Gerrahies Reef, in the county Cork, the amount appropriated for such work being £220, and the amount for which the work was finished last October being only £175, and, as the money contributed for such work to obtain a Government grant was made up from charitable sources to relieve the prevailing distress, he will give orders for the expenditure of this sum of £45 on fishing gear for some of the poorest fishermen in that locality?
§ MR. COURTNEYMy hon. Friend (Mr. O'Shea) has noticed that the works at Gowleen Ross cost a few pounds less than was anticipated; but, on the other hand, those at other places cost more; and, on the whole, it will be necessary to spend somewhat more than the amount as yet provided by Parliament on the fishery piers and harbours included in the Return referred to. I may remind the House that the greater part of the £15,000, contributed otherwise than from voted moneys, was not subscribed locally, but came out of the gift of Canada at the time of distress. The same remarks apply to the Question of my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for the County of Cork, relating to Gerrahies Reef.