HC Deb 20 January 1913 vol 47 cc46-7W
Mr. GUINEY

asked the Vice-President of the Department of Agriculture (Ireland), to state what is the annual expenditure on the agricultural school at Clonakilty; what is the amount of the receipts per annum; how many schools of a similar character are there in Ireland; and in what counties are they situate?

Mr. T. W. RUSSELL

The gross annual expenditure on the agricultural school at Clonakilty, including the cost of agricultural experimental work carried on there, has averaged £3,786 during the past three financial years. The average annual receipts during the same period amounted to £2,365, leaving a net average annual expenditure of £1,421. The only other agricultural school conducted on the same lines as the Clonakilty institution is that situated at Ballyhaise, county Cavan.