§ CAPTAIN DONELAN (Cork, E.)On behalf of the hon. Member for East Clare, I beg to ask the Vice-President of the Department of Agriculture for Ireland whether any portion of the grant to develop Irish fisheries is to be spent in providing a ship to protect fishing boats from steam trawlers; and, if so, whether arrangements could be made to have a Government ship belonging to the Navy to do this work, in view of the limited 939 amount of the grant at the disposal of the Agriculture Department.
§ THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR IRELAND (Mr. PLUNKETT, Dublin Co, S.)The cost of protecting the Irish fisheries from the depredations of trawlers must be defrayed out of the funds at the disposal of the Department for fishery purposes. The Admiralty have decided not to undertake this work.