MR. P. O'BRIENOn behalf of the honourable Member for the St. Patrick Division of Dublin, I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether he is aware that there exists no body specially empowered to conduct examinations and issue certificates to candidates applying for apppointments as 477 meat inspector's; and whether he will arrange to establish such authorised body on the lines indicated in the Local Government Board Order of 11th March, 1899.
§ MR. CHAPLINI have no statutory authority to curry out such an arrangement as that referred to in the (Question, and, before proposing any legislation on the subject, it seems to me desirable to await the result of the communications which I have addressed to the local authorities. In addition to this, the Sanitary Institute and other bodies have, I believe, for some years past afforded opportunities for training and examination in meat inspection in connection with the certificates to Sanitary Inspectors, and I have no doubt that the recently constituted Sanitary Inspectors Examination Board will maintain similar examinations. Moreover, I understand that the Sanitary Institute are maturing a scheme for holding special examinations in meat inspection.