HC Deb 04 July 1889 vol 337 c1460
MR. J. F. X. O'BRIEN (Mayo, S.)

I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether the drainage works of the River Robe will be completed without delay, as yearly injury is caused to the farmers living on the banks of that river, between Curraghdine and Crossboyne?

MR. JACKSON

I have made inquiry, and I cannot find that any proposal in connection with the drainage works of the River Robe has been before the Commissioners, or that any such works are contemplated.

MR. J. F. X. O'BRIEN

Have not the Government already expended a large sum of money with the result that the land on the banks of the river is annually flooded, although a very small further outlay would remedy the evil complained of?

MR. JACKSON

I think the question had better be addressed to some other Department. So far as my Department is concerned, we have only to deal with questions which arise after the works have been undertaken.