§ MR. O'SHEETo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he has under consideration any proposals for the promotion of light railways and motor services for agricultural transport in Ireland; whether he will publish any correspondence which may have taken place on the subject; and whether he has considered the advantages to be derived from the use of anthracite coal, which is available in the South of Ireland for gas engines for motor traction.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) No proposals for the promotion of motor services for agricultural transport have been under the consideration of the present Government. There is, therefore, no official correspondence on the subject, and the question of the fuel to be used for such motors has not yet arisen. The question of improving the light railway services, and rendering these railways more serviceable for agricultural and other transport, is one of great imporance, and has been engaging my attention for some weeks past.