§ Mr. BRADYasked the Chief Secretary whether the Government is now prepared to advance to the owners of property recently destroyed in Dublin such sum as the Goulding Committee recommends as the sum to be advanced, provided that such owner is prepared to rebuild forthwith, and, as a safeguard, that no sum in respect of such rebuilding will be paid except on the production of the architect's certificate; and whether he is aware that, owing to the delay in making this matter clear, many owners are precluded from making any arrangement for rebuilding, and that they are in danger of losing the trade or business formerly done in the destroyed premises owing to the lapse of time since their destruction and the consequent diversion of custom.
Mr. NUGENTasked the Chief Secretary (1) if he is aware that dissatisfaction is being caused in Dublin by the delay of the Government in settling the claims of owners of property destroyed during the recent rebellion; whether he is aware that unemployment is becoming very general in the city amongst skilled and unskilled workers; that the high cost of provisions is accentuating this discontent, and that the peace of the city will be seriously endangered unless something is done at once towards facilitating the rebuilding of the damaged portion of the city; whether he proposes to take any action in the matter; and (2) whether he is aware that discontent exists amongst the owners of property destroyed during the recent rebellion owing to the delay of the Government of the Treasury in giving any intimations to the property owners as to the amount they will receive for buildings 963W destroyed as separate and distinct from stock or goods; whether he will press upon those responsible for the delay the urgency of the matter, seeing that the loss of profits and loss of business has been suggested as consequential losses for which no allowance is proposed to be made; if he is aware that a substantial portion of capital has been expended by the various owners in advertising their business, and that a large portion of the business thus secured is lost through the delay by the transferring of the business to other traders; and if he will state what he proposes doing to prevent further loss to these business firms who are being sacrificed by the delay?
§ Mr. DUKEI am not able at present to add anything to the answers I gave on the 12th and 18th instants to the hon. Member for North Dublin and the hon. Member for the Harbour Division of Dublin.