§ MR. WILLIAM CORBET (Wicklow, E.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, if he is aware that the pier recently constructed by the Board of Works at, Greystones, county Wicklow, is useless, the protecting north groyne broken up, and the harbour filled with sand and shingle; and whether he will take any steps to direct the attention of the Board of Works to the matter?
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. R. W. HANBURY,) PrestonI understand that, before the construction 334 of the new pier outside the old one at Greystones, there was little or no shelter, but at present there is five times the previous berthage, with fair shelter and depth of water. While all the outer or sea end of the north groyne in deep water has been built solid, the shore end resting on shingle has purposely been built of individual blocks of large size, which (though having settled in a slightly irregular manner) answer completely the object in view. The depth of water is sufficient for all present requirements, and much more than formerly existed at the old pier.