asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will arrange for the carrying out of a survey of the Ox mountains, County Sligo, to investigate the possibility of developing the coal and iron deposits, which are stated to exist there.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Coal and Iron in Sligo.
The Ox mountains in County Sligo have already been surveyed, and the information obtained it available for public inspection in the Office of the Geological Survey. I am advised that the possibilities of discovering workable deposits of coal or iron in the Ox mountains are remote, and I am satisfied that a further survey of the area would not be justified.