§ 16. Mr. T. F. SMYTHasked the Chief Secretary if his attention has been called to the damage done by the recent floods at Carrick-on-Shannon and the surrounding districts in the county Leitrim owing to the flooding of the Shannon and its tributaries; whether any official has been sent to the district to investigate the damage done by the flooding and to make a report on the same; and whether any action will be taken, and, if so, when, as regards the contemplated drainage of the River Shannon?
§ 21. Sir WALTER NUGENTasked the Chief Secretary what steps he proposes to take in connection with Mr. O'Connor's Report dealing with the Shannon floods; and whether, in view of the fact that the flooding still continues and is growing worse every year, the relief measures contemplated will be pushed forward as rapidly as possible?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Board of Works have no information as to the damage done by recent floods in Carrick-on-Shannon. Mr. O'Connor, inspector of the Local Government Board, made a special report as to the injury done by the floods in recent years. Further inquiries are being made, and, until these are completed, it will not be possible to make a definite statement on the subject. I may add, however, that I am informed that the 1930 cost of works which would prevent the effects of extraordinary floods would be very great indeed.