§ MR. FIELD (Dublin, St. Patrick's)I beg to ask the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether some time since the military authorities got possession of the Wellington Barracks, Dublin, which cost the citizens £100,000; whether in the year 1897 £165,000 was voted to be expended on the Island Bridge, Wellington, and Portobello Barracks, in Dublin; and whether it is intended to carry out the necessary alterations and repairs?
MR. POWELL WILLIAMSIn reply to the first paragraph of the question I must refer the honourable Member to Parliamentary Paper 14, Session 2, of 1892, giving the particulars as to the transfer of prison buildings from local authorities, which will give him the necessary information. In reply to paragraph 2, the sum of £165,000 was provided under the Barrack Loan of 1890 to replace the accommodation for cavalry lost by turning Island Bridge Barracks into Ordnance Stores. As regards paragraph 3, the works at Wellington and Portobello are progressing rapidly.