MR. TULLY (Leitrim, S.)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the station-master appointed at Drumshanbo, on the Cavan and Leitrim Light Railway, in place of Mr. Melvin who was recently dismissed, is the same man who was dismissed on the Sligo and Northern Counties Railway for having caused a serious accident on that line some short time ago; and whether, as the baronies, to whom the Treasury have to make an annual contribution, must make good all losses caused by accident and otherwise, and seeing that, in the case of a similar guaranteed line from Tralee to Dingle, very serious financial responsibilities were recently imposed on the public taxes as the result of an accident on that line, the Board of Trade will consider it advisable to order an inquiry into all the circumstances connected with the dismissal of Mr. Melvin, and the appointment of his successor?
MR. MUNDELLAThe Board of Trade have no power to order an inquiry into the circumstances connected with the dismissal of Mr. Melvin and the appointment of his successor. In the Tralee and Dingle case referred to the inquiry was into the causes of a serious railway accident, with consequent loss of life.