asked the Minister for Finance if he will state the date or dates in February last on which a preliminary inspection was carried out on Surgeview pier, County Mayo; and whether any inspection had been carried out in the two years previous to this inspection.

The preliminary inspection of Surgeview pier was made on the 12th February, 1957. An engineer from the Office of Public Works visited the site on the 9th November, 1956, but the weather and seas were so unfavourable that it was not possible to examine the pier. No other inspection had been carried out in the previous two years.