§ MR. JORDAN (Clare, W.)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he is able to say to which Railway Company, the London and North Western or the Great Northern (Ireland), belongs the section from Dundalk Junction to Dundalk Quay Station, on the Dundalk and Greenore line; whether he is aware that a filthy and unsanitary open ditch runs for a considerable distance parallel with the rails within the railway ambit; and whether it is competent to the Board of Trade to take cognisance of such a condition of affairs; and, if so, will he take steps to have this nuisance remedied?
§ SIR M. HICKS BEACHI learn that the ditch referred to in the hon. Member's question is on the property of the Dundalk, Newry, and Greenore Railway, but that, as it carries rain water and drainage to the tidal river from the station belonging to the Great Northern Railway Company of Ireland, the cleansing is undertaken by that company. The Board of Trade have no power to deal with the sanitary condition of the ditch. They are informed, however, that the drain is in good order, and does not require cleansing.