§ MR. BOLAND (Kerry, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that the capitation grant payable to the Cahirciveen hosiery industry is insufficient to develop the industry; and whether, in view of the fact that a sum amounting to about £400 has been provided from private sources, the Department will now sanction the grant of £80 which has been voted every year by the county council out of the funds at its disposal during the past five years, but which the Department has hitherto refused to sanction.
§ MR. WALTER LONGThe Department cannot answer the first inquiry. A grant-in aid is not the only circumstance upon which the development of an industry depends. The Department are not prepared to sanction the proposed grant, for the reasons stated in my reply to the hon. Member's Question of March 22nd†.