§ MR. O'MALLEY () Galway, ConnemaraTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he will state the amount of money expended on the Spiddal Pier, County Galway, the number of persons employed in that work, and the weekly wage of each employee.
(Answered by Mr. Wyndham) The expenditure amounts to £3,057. The number of persons employed varied as the works progressed; the maximum number was 100. The weekly wages of the employees were as follows:- Foreman mason, 36s.: time and storekeeper, 30s.; carpenter, 30s.; carters. 30s.; quarrymen,15s.; labourers, 12s.