§ Captain DONELANasked the Vice-President of the Department of Agriculture (Ireland), if he will be prepared to grant loans for motor fishing boats to fishermen in Wicklow town, who may wish to apply for them, in the same way that leans have been granted for this purpose in other fishing districts?
§ Mr. T. W. RUSSELLThe Department are prepared to entertain applications for loans for motor craft and other fishery purposes so far as their funds will admit.
Mr. WILLIAM REDMONDasked the Vice-President of the Department of Agriculture (Ireland) if he can state the terms on which loans for motor boats are granted to fishing districts in Ireland; and if he will inquire as to the desirability of granting loans for that purpose to fishermen in Ballyvaughan and other places on the Clare coast?
§ Mr. RUSSELLBallyvaughan and certain other parts of the county Clare are congested districts, and the question of making loans in these districts is one for the Congested Districts Board. In regard to the non-congested parts of the county, the Department are prepared to entertain applications for loans for motor boats and other fishery purposes so far as their funds will admit.