§ Sir GEORGE SCOTT ROBERTSONasked the Vice-President of the Department of Agriculture (Ireland) what was the original sum sat apart for the building and equipment of an agricultural college at Athenry, county Galway; when was the money allocated; what has been the cause of the delay; and if he can say when it is proposed to begin this work?
§ Mr. T. W. RUSSELLThe Department from time to time have had under consideration the question of establishing an agricultural station at Athenry, and in 1907 a sum of £10,000 for a building for such a college, as distinct from the expenditure on the station, was provisionally set aside. Owing to several local difficulties seriously interfering with the work of the place the project of building a college at the station was indefinitely postponed, and the Department have resolved not to proceed with it.