§ MR. FLYNN (Cork, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can say what development has taken place in the Iveagh-Pirrie scheme of motor traction in Ireland, and in how many of the seventeen experimental districts already surveyed and investigated has the scheme been put in operation.
§ MR. WALTER LONGI beg to refer the hon. Member to the replies given by my right hon. and learned friend to Questions on the same subject put by the hon. Member for South Down on the 2nd†
† See (4) Debates, cxlii., 187.467 and 9th instant.† I have no further information in the matter.
§ MR. FLYNNIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that a large number of officials in various Irish Departments were put by the right hon. Gentleman the Member for Dover at the disposal of these gentlemen for this scheme, and are we to understand there is no result after all these years?
§ MR. WALTER LONGThe hon. Member must realise it is impossible for me to answer supplementary Questions as to which I have no knowledge of what has been going on during the last few weeks. If there is any information I can obtain for him I will inquire.