§ MR. COGAN (Wicklow, E.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he has considered the representations of the Wicklow Harbour Commissioners recommending that the complete estimate of £36,000, which was made by the firm of engineers who
†See (4) Debates, cxlv., 321.‡See (4) Debates, cxlvii., 1097.938 surveyed the harbour, should be adopted, so as to make the harbour and foreshore safe from the encroachment of the sea; and, if so, does he sanction the scheme, and how much does he propose should be made by grant and how much by local contribution; and whether he will hasten the matter, in order to ensure that the necessary works will be proceeded with with the least possible delay.(Answered by Mr. Walter Long.) The Harbour Commissioners have now been informed that provision has been made, in the Estimate for the Ireland Development Grant, for a first instalment of a grant towards protective works at Wicklow Harbour, on condition that local contributions towards the project shall be forthcoming, and that the plans shall be approved by the Government; and it is now for the Commissioners to ascertain and report what the value of the proposed works will be to the several local interests which will be beneficially affected, and what contributions will be guaranteed by each.