§ MR. L. P. HAYDENOn behalf of the hon. Member for North Galway (Colonel J. P. Nolan), I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, if he would request the Board of Public Works to draw up plans and an estimate of the cost of bridging Lough Carrib at Knock Ferry; and whether, seeing that such a bridge would enable the residents on the east of Lough Carrib to use the new Galway and Oughterard Railway, he would consider the advisability of giving some help from the Imperial Treasury to a public work of this magnitude?
MR. JOHN MORLEYThe question of constructing this bridge has been several times brought under the notice of Government, and in March 1893 I understand my right hon. Friend the Secretary to the Treasury pointed out to the hon. and gallant Gentleman that there were no public funds available for the work. The construction of the bridge would entail a larger expenditure than is available either from the funds of the Congested Districts Board or from those for the relief of distress. It appears, therefore, to be a work that only be undertaken by the Grand Jury.