§ MR. PATRICK O'BRIEN (Kilkenny)On behalf of the honourable Member for the St. Patrick Division of Dublin I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord 1156 Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that an application was made to the Congested Districts Board by the Great Southern and Western Railway Company to build a pier at Renard Point, near Cahirciveen; that negotiations have been going on since the railway was opened; and that the railway company offered a substantial amount towards the completion of the pier; and whether the Government will give a grant in aid for this work, seeing that there is no accommodation for the deep sea fishing boats for landing their takes at a place where railway transit is available?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURA proposal was made to the Congested Districts Board by the Great Southern and Western Railway Company in 1893 relative to the construction of a pier at Renard. The board offered to contribute a sum of £1,000 towards the erection of a pier, provided the balance of the cost were contributed by the neighbouring proprietors and the county authorities. The railway company, however, considered the board's offer inadequate, and as the board declined to increase it, the negotiations fell through. There has been no communication with the railway company on the subject since January, 1894.