§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLI beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, whether it was determined, some time ago, to build a deep-water pier at Cladnageragh, County Donegal; whether the engineer entrusted with the work reported that a pier 48 feet beyond low-water mark was necessary for the requirements of the Kilcar district; whether plans were drawn up for a pier of those dimensions, and the work actually begun, but that subsequently instructions were given to the engineers in charge to stop the work at low-water mark; whether representations have reached him that the 547 pier constructed on the altered plan will not admit trading steamers, and open up a competition between the merchants of Sligo and Londonderry for the custom of Kilcar, but confine that custom to smack-men now trading between Kilcar and Sligo, thus increasing the freight and the price of goods; whether he is aware that if the pier were extended even 24 feet beyond low-water mark there would be sufficient accommodation for trading steamers, and that there are on the ground ample materials for this extension, which could be effected at an extra charge of about £100; and, whether, having regard to the great advantage the extension of the pier would confer on the locality, the Government will use their good offices with the Board of Works and the Congested Districts Board to come to some arrangement whereby this pier may be constructed as a deep-water pier?
§ MR. HANBURYNeither the Treasury nor the Board of Works have any information as regards this pier. I understand that it is being constructed by the Congested Districts Board, which is under the control of the Irish Government.