§ MR. WILLIAM REDMOND (Clare, E.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been called to the necesssity for a drainage scheme for Scariff, county Clare; and whether he will inquire into the matter.
* MR. BRYCEThe Local Drainage Committee have recently applied to the Irish Government for aid to a scheme for improving the Scariff drainage system, and have been informed in reply that it is doubtful whether it will be possible to consider the question of aiding, during the current financial year, any development schemes in addition to those to which assistance has already been promised, but that when any question of taking up new schemes arises, the claims of the Scariff district will receive full consideration.
§ MR. WILLIAM REDMONDWill the right hon. Gentlemen be good enough to bear in mind the long-standing necessity for this drainage scheme?
* MR. BRYCEI will bring the matter to the attention of those who advise me on the subject, and endeavour to have it considered.