MR. O'KEEFFEI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, as President of the Board of Works in Ireland, if he will direct that the steamer at present running under Government subsidy from Tarbert to Kilrush should commence plying in future from Foynes, midway on the River Shannon, and thereby give additional facilities for tourists to visit Kilkee and the coasts of county Clare.
§ MR. G. W. BALFOURThe Member is under a misapprehension in describing the Chief Secretary as President of the Board of Works in Ireland. I have no power to give the direction 1347 suggested in the question, but the Board of Works are in hopes of carrying out such an extension of the existing service between Tarbert and Kilrush as will enable the steamer to call at Foynes.