MR. CHAELES CEAIG (Antrim, S.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that the Cork Harbour Board have granted the sum of £35, out of the public moneys which they administer, towards paying off the debt on a monument recently erected in a public street in Cork in memory of certain Irishmen who fought to recover the independence of Ireland, and to encourage the youth of Ireland to imitate their example; and whether he intends to take any action in the matter.
§ (Answered by Mr. Bryce.) It would appear from Reports which have been published in the newspapers that the facts are as stated. The Cork Harbour Board is not under the control of the Irish Government, and its accounts are not audited by the Local Government Board, who have, therefore, no power to question the legality of the expenditure referred to.