HC Deb 17 August 1911 vol 29 cc2212-3W
Mr. FFRENCH

asked the Secretary to the Treasury if the Irish Board of Agriculture has recommended Fethard Harbour for a Grant to the Development Commissioners; and whether, in view of the fact that the Vice-President of the Board of Agriculture has again and again promised a Grant for Fethard Harbour, he will explain the official statement that no promise has been made of a Grant for Fethard?

Mr. HOBHOUSE

A Grant for Fethard is included in the general scheme submitted by the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction to the Development Commission, for expenditure on fishing harbours on the East and South-East Coasts of Ireland. But no promise to recommend a Grant for Fethard to the Treasury has been made by the Development Commissioners, who must necessarily first consider the scheme submitted.