To ask the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he is aware that considerable inconvenience is caused to business people and residents in Galway and the West of Ireland generally by the discontinuance of the night mail trains on the Midland Great Western Railway; whether he is further aware that, as there is no Sunday train on this line, letters and parcels posted in Dublin or Galway on Saturday do not reach their destination in many cases till the following Tuesday; and if he will make representations to the Midland Great Western Railway Co. with a view to having the night mail and Sunday service restored.
CEISTEANNA—QUESTIONS. - NIGHT MAIL TRAINS ON M.G.W.R.
I have been in communication with the Midland Great Western Railway Company on this matter, and am informed that the Company has, in view of the present disturbed conditions, cancelled all night trains on its system, so as to secure that all traffic is worked during the hours of daylight. The Company withdrew Sunday trains some years ago for reasons of economy, the revenue earned from the service not being sufficient to meet its cost. I do not feel justified at present in interfering with the discretion of the Company in these matters. It is doing its best to maintain traffic under very difficult circumstances.