§ CAPTAIN DONELAN (Cork, E.)On behalf of the hon. Member for Water-ford, W. (Mr. J. J. SHEE), I beg to ask 168 the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland—(1) whether the Lord Lieutenant has received a memorial from the fishermen, and also from the other residents of Ardmore, county Water-ford, praying that a grant should be made for the erection of a slip and a small breakwater to protect the boats engaged in the fishing industry there; and (2) whether, considering the recommendation was made by the Royal Commission in 1887 that it is an admirable site for the construction of a breakwater and its importance to the herring fishery, the Lord Lieutenant will decide to accede to the prayer of the petitioners?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURThe memorial referred to in the first paragraph has been received. The second paragraph presumably refers to the Report dated January, 1888, of the Royal Commission on Public Works, which deals with piers and harbours in Ireland, but I have been unable to find in it any recommendation of the nature indicated. I have no information before me beyond the statements contained in the memorial to indicate that the scheme alluded to in the Question has any claim to Government assistance.