HC Deb 27 January 1891 vol 349 cc1155-6
DR. TANNER

I beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty when the Haul-bowline Docks in Cork Harbour will be completed; whether any practical advance has been made to provide these docks with the necessary fitting shops; whether any employment for labour will be afforded to local workmen; and what has been the cost up to the present time in the construction of the docks?

LORD G. HAMILTON

The dock and basins at Haulbowline are complete. Existing buildings and machinery are being adapted or provided for fitters' workshops, and will shortly be completed Work connected with repairs and maintenance will be done by local labour, and, in the case of new works done by contract, suitable local firms would be invited to tender as well as other firms. The works in connection with the extension of the yard and other accessory works and buildings have cost approximately £600,000.

DR. TANNER

How soon will it be possible to accommodate ships of the size which now frequent Cork Harbour?

LORD G. HAMILTON

I am not sure that that can be done all at once; but I think it will be possible in the course of a few months.