§ SIR T. G. ESMONDEI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he is aware that several accidents have taken place at Dingle caused by the insufficient accommodation afforded by the pier there, and when the Congested Districts Board intends to proceed with the work of widening and extending it; whether he is also aware that protection is badly needed by the fifty canoes engaged in the fishing industry in Smerwick Harbour, and if he will use his influence with the Congested Districts Board to have a pier or slip constructed there as soon as possible; and if he can state when the work of constructing the pier at Dunquin will be proceeded with.
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. ATKINSON,) Londonderry, N.In the absence of my right hon. friend I will reply to this and the subsequent questions which are addressed to him on to-day's Paper. With regard to the pier at Dingle, both the Harbour Board and the Rural District Council have been informed that before considering the application for a grant towards the cost of extending the pier, the Congested Districts Board wished to have definite proposals before them stating what local contribution would be forthcoming and what the entire cost would be. The Board have not yet received this information. As regards the slip or pier at Smerwick, the Board will be prepared to consider the question of a contribution towards the cost of that work upon learning from the County Council that they will carry out the work in accordance with the plans to be approved by the Board. With respect to the pier at Dunquin, the Board have not yet had an opportunity of having carried out the inspection which the hon. Member was informed was necessary in the Board's letter to him of the 9th May last, and no steps appear to have been taken in the matter of this work by the county authorities.