§ 79. Mr. EDWARD KELLYasked the Vice-President of the Department of Agriculture (Ireland) whether he has made representations to the Treasury with a 1596 view to securing a grant for agricultural research equivalent proportionately to the £2,000,000 voted to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries; and, if so, with what result?
§ The CHIEF SECRETARY for IRELAND (Mr. Macpherson)The Department have made representations to the Treasury in the matter referred to, and have been promised a grant of an average amount of £40,000 per annum for a period of five years (to include grants from the Development Fund) with the intimation that the question of an increase in this provision will be considered when improvement takes place in the financial position. The matter is still the subject of correspondence with the Treasury.