§ MR. CLANCY (Dublin County, N.)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he will state who is responsible for seeing that dangerous rocks on the coast are marked by buoys or light; and, if any authority is responsible, whether he will direct its attention to the unsafe condition of the sunken rocks between the mouth of Howth Harbour and Ireland's Eye.
§ MR. LLOYD-GEORGEThe Commissioners of Irish Lights are responsible for lighting and buoying the coast of Ireland, except within the limits of jurisdiction of local lighthouse authorities. As it is doubtful whether the place where it is suggested by the hon. Member that a buoy should be placed is or is not within the limits of the Howth Harbour Lighthouse Authority (the Commissioners of Public Works) I have called the attention of both the General and the Local Lighthouse Authority to the allegation as to the unsafe condition of the sunken rocks.
§ MR. CLANCYHas the right hon. Gentleman received any reply?
§ MR. LLOYD-GEORGENot yet.