HC Deb 08 August 1901 vol 99 cc66-7
CAPTAIN DONELAN

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that the Cork County Council and other public boards in Ireland have adopted resolutions urging the necessity of tree-plantings and pointing out the desirability of empowering county and district councils to acquire waste lands for that purpose; and whether, inasmuch as Irish taxpayers contribute towards tree-planting in Great Britain, he will endeavour to † See Debates [Fourth Series], Vol. lxxxv., page 1325. obtain a grant from the Treasury in aid of the object in view.

MR. WYNDHAM

I replied to similar questions on the 14th and 21st June.† It is unnecessary to approach the Treasury in the matter, as the Department of Agriculture in Ireland is already supplied with funds for the purpose of promoting reafforestation.

CAPTAIN DONELAN

Could not Irish Crown rents be utilised for this purpose instead of being spent in England?

MR. WYNDHAM

That question should be addressed to the Chancellor of the Exchequer.