§ Mr. GINNELLasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland, in view of the necessity for arterial drainage in Ireland, the promises publicly made in 1909 that this was one of the purposes to which the Development Fund, established that year, would be applied, and the inefficient condition into which local drainage boards have fallen, whether he will cause an inspection and estimate to be made of the cost of removing a few obstructions in the River Inny, which now cause the flooding of many farms in Weslmeath and Longford, with a view of having them removed at the cost of the Development Fund?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEI am informed by the Board of Works that they are not aware of the existence of the obstructions mentioned in the two Inny Drainage Districts, and that there are no outstanding complaints before them.