§ Mr. CONOR O'KELLYasked the Vice-President of the Department of Agriculture (Ireland), if he will state the basis on which grants are allocated by the Department to the county committees for technical instruction; and whether he has received any resolution from the county Mayo committee on the subject?
§ Mr. T. W. RUSSELLThe amount of the grants made in aid of schemes of technical instruction are fixed by the Department, with the concurrence of the Technical Board, having regard to the necessities of the district and the nature of the scheme submitted. A resolution has been received from the County Mayo Committee to the effect that the Department's grant in aid of the Mayo scheme should be increased. The Department are not at present prepared to accede to this application, as the Committee have a large unexpended balance on hand, which is more than sufficient for their present schemes.