Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at on 18 March 1929.
Sir William Davison
, Kensington South
asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether his attention has been called to the fact that by an award of the Wood Renton Commission, dated 9th November, 1925, the sum of £5,330, with a reinstatement condition, was awarded to the Commissioners of the Admiralty and the Commissioners of Public Works (Ireland) as compensation for the malicious destruction of the Morris Castle coastguard station, in the County of Wexford, on the 7th July, 1921, held by the Admiralty as tenants to Colonel Bryan, in lieu and satisfaction of a County Court decree, dated 18th October, 1921, for £7,300; that the Commissioners of Public Works, Ireland, who are the successors of the Commissioners of the Admiralty, have refused to apply the said sum of £5,330 awarded by the said Commission in reinstating the premises or to pay the same to the landlord; and whether representations will be made to the Free State Government to ensure that the reinstatement condition attached to the award by the Commission is carried out?
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