§ MR. FIELDI 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. WYNDHAMThe 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. FIELDAre 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. WYNDHAMThere are funds at the disposal of the Government.