§ MR. JASPER TULLY (Leitrim, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, whether he can state if the attention of the Congested Districts Board has been directed to the necessity of having the Esslin river and its tributaries sunk and cleaned up in the Breandrum Division in South Leitrim, one of the scheduled districts under that Board; and, whether, as many of the people in that locality are in urgent need of employment, having at present to pay a heavy poor rate of 2s. 10d. in the pound, as well as a high county cess and a special 1073 levy for the Cavan and Leitrim Light Railway, he will direct that the Congested Districts Board take steps to have these useful works carried out without delay?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURThe Congested Districts Board agreed to defray one-half of the expenditure in respect of the drainage works referred to, provided that their contribution does not exceed £200, and the works are carried out by a Drainage Board, with whom the matter now rests.