§ MR. O'HANLON (Cavan, E.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he has got a copy of the Resolution of the Cavan Board of Guardians, requesting the Government to include a line of railway from Oldcastle, in the County of Meath, to Crossdony, in the County of Cavan, via Kilnaleck, in the proposed legislation for the extension of railways in Ireland; and, if he intends giving that Union an answer, and what that answer will be?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURA copy of the Resolution mentioned has been forwarded to me. I have already replied to it, to the effect that representations on behalf of any particular scheme will be considered in the event of the Light Railways Bill becoming law. I also alluded to the fact that the Parliamentary Representative of one division of the county was not irresponsible for the obstacles which the promoters of the measure had still to surmount.