HC Deb 14 June 1901 vol 95 c427
MR. FIELD

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Government will consider the necessity of taking measures to form a forestry department in Ireland, with the object of utilising suitable waste lands for tree planting, and of preventing the country from being entirely denuded of timber.

MR. WYNDHAM

The Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction is fully alive to the importance of the matter, which it hopes to take up in due time in conjunction with the county councils. It does not appear to be necessary at present to form a special forestry department in Ireland.

MR. FIELD

Are there any funds at the disposal of the Department to take up a question of this magnitude, or will the Government have to vote more money?

MR. WYNDHAM

There are funds at the disposal of the Government.