§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he has received a resolution of the Donegal County Council, unanimously adopted by the County Donegal Committee of Agriculture, protesting against proposals for the building of the superstructure of the technical training college with Portland stone, notwithstanding that a much superior stone, Mount Charles stone, can be had in the county Donegal, and has been used with great success in large buildings, among others in the cathedral in Letterkenny, its superiority having been conclusively proved by analysis; and, whether, by representation to the Treasury or by any other method, steps will be taken that Irish stone, when admittedly superior in quality, will be used in Irish 778 Government buildings in preference to foreign material.
(Answered by Mr. Runciman.) I am informed that large quantities of brick and stone of Irish origin will be used in the superstructure of the building and that Portland stone will only be employed when no other is so suitable.