§ MR. FIELD (Dublin, St. Patrick's)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland is he aware that, previous to the late Government making a grant of public money for the railway from Skibbereen to Baltimore, evidence was given by several witnesses as to the necessity for this railway running down to deep water so that smacks could come alongside; and that plans of such a railway proposed to run to deep water were produced by the engineer of the undertaking, and accepted by the Commissioners; if he will ascertain on what occasion, and by what department or authority, that scheme was changed, and the understanding come to at that meeting was not adhered to, and that the railway was stopped short at a place where it can be of little use to the fisheries; if plans and estimates for a pier and extension of the railway thereon have been prepared; and if he will, as head of the Congested Districts Board, urge on that Board the importance of and necessity for carrying out, this work as originally designed?
§ *THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. J. MORLEY,) Newcastle-upon-TyneI understand that the first three paragraphs of this question were substantially dealt with by my right hon. Friend the Secretary to the Treasury in reply to a question put by the hon. Member for North Fermanagh on 20th February last. As regards the last paragraph the matter has been under the consideration of the Congested Districts Board, and comes again before them at their next meeting.