HC Deb 28 February 1893 vol 9 cc568-9
MR. FIELD

I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that the late Government pro- mised to have a new pier built at Baltimore; whether the present Government will allow the most successful mackerel fishery in Ireland to be injured by the want of such a pier; and whether the railway will be finished in time to be utilised for the spring fishing?

SIR J. T. HIBBERT

The late Government, so far as I can ascertain, made no such promise, and I have already explained that there are no funds available under the Fishery Piers Acts for building a new pier. I have also stated already that the railway is expected to be available for fish traffic in time for the opening of the fishery season at the end of March.

MR. FIELD

Is it not a fact the Congested Districts Board promised the pier should be erected?

SIR J. T. HIBBERT

I can find no such promise in any Papers at the Treasury.

MR. JOHNSTON (Belfast, S.)

Will the right hon. Gentleman the First Lord of the Treasury say if this question is one which might be hopefully left to the proposed Irish Legislature?

[No answer was given.]