COLONEL NOLANI beg to ask the Attorney General for Ireland if the construction of a railroad from Tuam has been delayed, owing to the Bill for it having failed to reach the House of Lords before the Christmas Recess; and if in consequence there is likely to be no employment in that neighbourhood until the railway authorities have agreed with the landowners; if such an agreement generally requires three months; and if, in the meantime, he will be pleased to recommend the institution of a few works, under the Relief of Distress Act, at Tuam and Milltown?
§ MR. MADDENThe Tuam and Claremorris Railway Bill has been read a second time in the House of Lords, and will, I hope, become law in a few days. The experience of the Government in connection with other light railway projects leads to no such conclusion as that suggested in the second paragraph. The Government would be very glad to see work started on this line of railway. Inquiries are proceeding as to the condition of the Tuam Union.