§ MR. CLANCY (Dublin Co., N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been called to the statement in the latest Report of the Inspectors of Irish Fisheries that complaints are made by the fishermen of Rush, County of Dublin, of injuries done to their nets and lines 'by steam trawlers; whether similar complaints have been made by the fishermen of Howth in the same county; whether the Inspectors of Irish Fisheries have inquired into the grounds for those complaints; and, if so, with what results; and whether, if the complaints referred to are well-founded, the Fishery Inspectors or the Government propose to do any- 1562 thing to put a stop to the injuries referred to?
MR. J. MORLEYThe statement referred to in the first paragraph of the question was made by the station officer of the Coastguard at Rush in a Report furnished by him to the Inspectors of Fisheries. The Inspectors inform me that they have not heard of steam trawling within the territorial limits in the neighbourhood referred to; all trawling is prohibited between November and May inside of a line extending from Howth to Dunany Point, County Louth. I am causing further inquiry to be made as to the complaints preferred in the question.