§ MR. THOMAS O'DONNELLI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that 1023 applications for improving piers at Bally-david, Smerwick, and Brandon Creek (Dingle Union) have been made; and that the fishermen using those pier suffer loss owing to want of proper piers; and whether, seeing that those people are dependent almost entirely on fishing, he will direct the Congested Districts Board to send down an inspector to report on the need for larger piers at those places.
§ MR. WYNDHAMAn application was recently received from the district council in respect of the pier at Ballydavid. Before further considering the application, the Congested Districts Board inquired what action had been taken by the council on the offer made by the Board in February, 1900, with respect to the slip at Smerwick. The council has not yet replied to this inquiry. The Board voted £66 for improving the landing place at Brandon Creek in November last, but inasmuch as labour could not be obtained in the locality at the usual rate of wages the work has been post-poned for the present.