§ MR. J. L. CAREW (Dublin, College Green)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he will introduce in the Light Railways (Ireland) Bill a clause making it applicable to inland Irish waters, so that it may be possible under the Bill to open up lines of communication, where advisable, partly by water; and, whether he is aware that there is navigable water on the Shannon from Killaloe to Boyle, a distance of 114 miles, already supplied with quays and landing-stages, and to a large extent unserved by any railway or public means of transit, which would, with a little financial aid, be utilised to connect the north-west, west, and southwest of Ireland by a rural, useful, and pleasant route?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURI think it would be undesirable to make any statement as to the provisions of the Irish Light Railways Bill before the introduction of that Measure.