§ MR. O'DOWD (Sligo, S.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland what amount has been expended
† See (4) Debates, exliii., 1079.744 by the Congested Districts Board on the scheduled electoral divisions of Cuilmore, Kilfree, and Coolavin, situate in Gurteen, county Sligo; since the Board was formed has any grant been recently called for by or given to these districts; can he give the terms on which the Congested Districts Board some time ago offered a sum for the ejection of a bridge in Coolavin division; and will he say whether that was to be a free grant or one to be repaid by the ratepayers.(Answered by Mr. Walter Long.) The Board has not made any expenditure in the electoral divisions mentioned. On 29th July, 1903, in response to a resolution of the Sligo County Council, the Board offered to contribute, as a free grant, half the cost of a proposed bridge over the Cut, provided that such contribution should not exceed £400, and that steps should be taken to avail of the Board's offer within a year. The counties concerned do not appear to have since come to any agreement in the matter.