§ MR. O'DOHERTY (Donegal, N.)To ask the Secretary of State for War if he will state how much of the £60,000 set out in the account prepared by the War Office for the years 1901–1902 is for the erection of barracks for artillery at Buncrana; and whether, seeing that the plans of these barracks were prepared upwards of four years ago, he will explain the cause of the delay in their erection, and why the War Office do not put into operation the provisions of the Defence Act in order to compulsorily acquire the necessary lands.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Brodrick.) As regards the first part of the Question, it was originally intended to spend £15,000 on buildings at Buncrana, but it is now proposed to spend a much larger sum. As regards the last part of the Question the site for the barracks has not yet been selected.