§ 18. Mr. HORNERasked how much of the £225,000, authorised by the Public Offices Sites (Dublin) Act, 1903, for the building of a college of science and other offices in Dublin, was unexpended on the 31st March, 1912; were plans and specifications prepared for buildings which would have exhausted substantially the whole amount provided; was work stopped on the buildings; has this unexpended amount been brought into the estimated expenditure on Irish services in 1912–13, Appendix B of the White Paper [Cd. 6154], on the outline of the financial provisions of the Government of Ireland Bill; and, if not, and it it is not intended to resume the work, will this unexpended amount be credited to the Irish Exchequer in the event of the Bill becoming law?
§ The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Mr. Masterman)The sum mentioned by the hon. Member has been used for the acquisition of sites and for the building of the 279 Royal College of Science. A small amount remained unexpended on the 31st March, 1912, but the whole of the balance is required to meet liabilities already incurred at that date. The remaining parts of the hon. Member's question do not therefore arise.