HC Deb 20 October 1902 vol 113 c231
MR. JOYCE

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, whether his attention has been called to the fact that a subsidy of,£500 has again been granted by the Congested Districts Board to the Clyde Shipping Company for running a steamer from Cork to the south-western seaboard of Ireland; and whether, seeing that the Limerick Harbour Board and Chamber of Commerce have protested strongly against this grant in view of a similar subsidy having been refused to Limerick, which is a competing port, he will say what steps he proposes to take in the matter.

THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. WYNDHAM,) Dover

Representations in favour of a continuance of the subsidy were received from the Kerry County Council, the Cork Chamber of Commerce, and from a number of other local bodies and leading traders. The Board has approved of payment of the subsidy, as a tentative measure, for a further period of one year.