§ Mr. O'DONNELLasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he has received from owners of fishing boats in Dingle complaints as to the losses they have suffered because they were prevented from fishing during the winter season; whether, seeing that these men are wholly dependent on fishing for their existence, he proposes to take any steps to compensate them for their losses; and whether, in view of the needs of the men whose industry is ruined and of the necessity for increased food production, proper facilities will be given them for the spring fishing?
§ Mr. DUKEThe Department of Agriculture have received no complaints in reference to the matter, and so far as they are aware the restrictions were modified by local concessions of which advantage seems to have been taken. The Orders which came into force on the 1st instant have, I am told, given additional facilities for fishing in this district.