§ MR. ARTHUR O'CONNORasked the Secretary to the Treasury, Whether he is aware that the new cutting by the Board of Works between Victoria Lock and Hamilton Lock at Meelick went right through the way by which many people in the district had access to the chapel and post office at Meelick, and that now they have to go a round of nearly two miles for that purpose; and, whether the Board of Works will be directed to restore the way over the Shannon where it before existed, which the people claim as a right?
§ MR. HIBBERTI have looked into the matter with the aid of a map. There does not appear to have been any right of way. At the same time, it is possible that inconvenience may have been caused to the people of the district by the new works. Local inquiries will be made, and if it should be proved that any hardship is appreciable in amount or extent to a considerable number of people, steps will be taken to remedy it.