§ Mr. P. MEEHANasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if he is aware that 400 acres of land in the townlands of Cappanaclough and Derrykearn, etc., Queen's County, are flooded annually and rendered useless for tillage purposes by the River Nore; if he is aware that this flooding is caused by a weir on the river a few miles down; if he is aware that the mill in connection with which the weir was erected is dismantled, in a ruinous condition, and has not been working for over thirty years; whether he has received a Report on the floodings; and whether the Board of Works are able to deal with the matter without proceedings under the Arterial Drainage Acts?
§ Mr. DUKEThe facts are as I have stated them in answer to previous questions of the hon. Member for the Ossory Division of Queen's County. The Board of Works have no power to deal with the matter apart from the Arterial Drainage Acts.