HC Deb 28 March 1890 vol 343 cc160-1
MR. PATRICK JOSEPH O'BRIEN

I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, with reference to an answer which he gave on the 1st July last, in reply to a question from the hon. Member for Huntingdonshire (Mr. Smith-Barry), relating to the Shannon Drainage Works, namely— That the Board of Works are of opinion that no serious injuries can result to the fisheries by these works, will he state on whose authority the Board of Works was guided in that opinion; whether the Shannon Conservators think differently; and whether the evidence taken by the Inspectors of Irish Fisheries in their inquiry tended to disprove the statement in question; and what amount of money was sunk in the drainage works at Killaloe, which were washed away by the recent floods?

*MR. JACKSON

I think, but I am not sure, that my right hon. Friend the Chief Secretary has promised to lay certain Papers on the Table, which will, I understand, give the information sought by the hon. Member. As regards Killaloe, I would only refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to him yesterday on the same subject.

MR. P. J. O'BRIEN

Will the hon. Gentleman be good enough to answer the last part of the question?

*MR. JACKSON

I am unable to answer it. I do not know.

DR. TANNER

Has any modification or alteration been adopted in regard to the drainage works of Killaloe?

*MR. JACKSON

If the hon. Member will put the question on the Paper I will inquire.