§ MR. HEALYasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Who was responsible for giving a licence for the admission of Lord Carberry's bull, which imported foot-and-mouth disease into Ireland?
§ MR. TREVELYANsaid, that animals intended for breeding purposes were, at the time referred to, admitted by 1003 licence under stringent regulations as to which the Veterinary Department was responsible. As he stated, in reply to inquiries on this subject last Session, there was no reason to suppose that the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Ireland was due to the admission of Lord Carberry's bull. There was, on the contrary, every reason to believe that it was caused by infection brought to Dublin by drovers or dealers who had attended markets in affected districts in Lancashire.
§ MR. HEALYIn consequence of the answer I have received, I beg to give Notice that I will draw attention to the favouritism exercised in Dublin Castle in admitting the bull of Lord Carberry, by which the farmers of Ireland were nearly ruined, owing to the action of the Lord Lieutenant.