§ R. D. MACALEESE (Monaghan, N.)I beg to ask the Attorney General for Ireland if barbed wire fences are permissible along the sides of public roads; what county official is responsible in cases where such wires are allowed to be put up and maintained; and will he direct prosecutions should any such cases he brought to his notice?
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. J. ATKINSON, Londonderry, N.)Barbed wire, if placed along a public road, is not permissible if it amounts to a nuisance. The county surveyor of a county, or city engineer, or 1415 surveyor of a borough, is, under the Act of 1893, the person empowered to take action against those responsible for placing the wire there. The Executive have no authority in the matter.