§ MR. MOONEY (Dublin County, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, as President of the Board of Works, Ireland, and the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction, whether the Treasury, before making the appointment of archi- 1388 tect for the proposed new buildings of the College of Science, Dublin, consulted with those Departments; and, if so, did they, or either of them, suggest that an Irish architect should he employed.
§ MR. WYNDHAMI do not occupy the position of President of the Board of Works, a Department which is under the Treasury. I was, however, consulted on more than one occasion. Inter-departmental communications of this kind are confidential.