§ MR. L. P. HAYDEN (Roscommon, S.)On behalf of the hon. Member for the St. Patrick Division of Dublin, Mr. W. Field, I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Government have any intention of establishing an Irish Department of the Board of Trade and Industries and Fisheries?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. GERALD BALFOUR,) Leeds, CentralThe question of establishing a separate Irish Department of the Board of Trade has, so far as I know, never been raised before, and I am not prepared to give an opinion on it. The interests of the sea and inland fisheries are already attended to by the Fisheries Department, and in certain cases by the Congested Districts Board.