§ MR. WILLIAM REDMONDI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been called to a resolution, passed the other day by the grand jury in Ennis, in which the attention of the Government is called to the want felt in the Knock district of any means of communication for the transport of passengers and goods, and requesting that a grant may be made towards making a pier at Labasheeda, on the Shannon; and whether the Government could grant the request of this resolution?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURI have received a copy of the resolution referred to. The case of this pier could not be dealt with under the Fishery Piers Act of 1846, inasmuch as it would be for commercial, not for fishery purposes, and there are no Imperial funds available for the former class of pier. But in the event of Parliament voting moneys for the construction of piers such as that proposed at Labasheeda, the claims of the locality would be considered in connection with those of other localities.