§ MR. RICHARD POWER (Waterford)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury if he is aware that the Corporation of Waterford applied to the Board of Works for a loan for the erection of labourers' dwellings, and that the project was sanctioned by the Local Government Board after due inquiry; and, whether the Board of Works has submitted the application to the Treasury; and, if so, will the money be advanced at once, so that the Corporation may be able to take advantage of the fine weather to commence the works, and to give much needed employment, and supply a serious want?
§ MR. JACKSONThe application for a loan has not been forwarded by the Board of Works to the Treasury, the Corporation of Waterford being in arrear with payments due on other loans. But I will ask for a complete Report on the subject.