§ MR. LUNDON (Limerick, E.)On behalf of the hon. Member for Limerick I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he is aware that the Board of Conservators for the Limerick fishery district have applied to the Board of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland for financial aid; if he can say whether the accounts of this fishery board are subject to public audit; and, if not, will he ask the Treasury to order a public audit of such accounts for the past four years, to apply the same order to all Irish fishery boards, before any grants in aid are given to such boards, and to arrange that at such audits any licence holder may ask such questions in connection with such accounts as he may consider proper.
MR. BRYCEThe Board of Conservators for the Limerick district have applied to the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for financial assistance. The accounts of the Board of Conservators are audited by an auditor appointed by such Board, but they are not subject to what is technically called "public" audit. There does not appear to be anything in the Fishery Acts which would authorise the Treasury to order a public audit of the accounts in question.