asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce whether he has received any report from an engineer who professed to represent his Department and to be looking for coal deposits in company with a Deputy on the land of Mr. W. H. Porterfield, Ballaghderg, Letter-kenny, County Donegal, and what further steps he proposes to take in connection with these researches.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - County Donegal Coal Deposits.
A geologist attached to my Department inspected an alleged occurrence of coal in the area referred to. I do not propose to make further researches in the matter, as I am advised that the rocks of the neighbourhood are such that the existence of coal there would be most unlikely.