HC Deb 20 November 1884 vol 294 cc46-7
MR. WILLIAM REDMOND

asked the Secretary to the Treasury, If an application for a grant for a fishery pier at Moville, county Donegal, has been made, and inquiry has been held; and, if. Mr. T. F. Brady has stated that in no part of his district is there greater necessity for a pier than at Moville?

MR. COURTNEY

The Fisheries, Piers, and Harbours Commission, having expressed themselves in favour of the construction of a pier at Moville, a design and an estimate were sent to them on August 28, since which date they have made no further communication to the Board of Works. The hon. and gallant Member for County Galway (Colonel Nolan) may, perhaps, be able to supply later information.

MR. WILLIAM REDMOND

said, in reference to the answer, he wished to ask the hon. Gentleman, was it a fact that the application was approved of by the Harbour Commissioners, and that since then several grants had been given in the case of subsequent applications? This was embodied in his Question originally, and he could not conceive why it was struck out.

MR. COURTNEY

said, he knew nothing of any portion of the Question being left out; but the query just put by the hon. Gentleman had nothing to do with the question.

MR. WILLIAM REDMOND

said, his Question was, whether it was a fact that, since the application was made for a grant for a fishery pier at Moville, several grants were made to subsequent applications? He could not understand why that was struck out.

MR. SPEAKER

I do not understand that there was anything in the Question struck out, and the Clerk at the Table is not cognizant of such a thing.

MR. COURTNEY

said, it was possible that grants had been made in other cases, because different steps had been taken.