§ MR. HARRINGTONasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether it is a fact that two men named Kedy and Driscoll, residing at Portmagee, county Kerry, entered, in June 1883, into security for a loan under the Reproductive Loan Fund Act; that a boat-builder named Lynch contracted with the Inspector of Fisheries for the construction of a boat for those men; that this boat was afterwards approved of, in the usual manner, by the coastguard officers, and a certificate to that effect forwarded to the Inspector of Fisheries; whether it is a fact that repeated applications have been made to the Inspector of Fisheries and Board of Works for payment of the amount during the past twelve months; and, whether, though the first instalment for repayment has actually been called in and paid, the amount of loan itself has not been yet paid to the contractor.
§ MR. TREVELYANThe facts are as stated, except in one important particular—the amount of the loan having been actually paid a fortnight ago. It was accidentally delayed through a clerical oversight in the office of the Inspector of Fisheries, which is to be regretted. But the Board of Works paid it at once on receipt of the necessary certificate from the Fisheries Department.