§ CAPTAIN DONELANI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been directed to a resolution unanimously adopted by the Midleton (county Cork) Rural District Council, protesting against the accommodation provided by the Great Southern and Western Railway Company for the conveyance of horses from Midleton to the recent Cork Show, when valuable horses had to be conveyed in cattle trucks owing to the failure to provide horse boxes; and, if so, whether official communication will be made to the company with a view to secure better arrangements in future.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe hon. Member has supplied me with a newspaper report of the resolution. No representations, however, have been addressed to the Department in the matter, and until this has been done it cannot take action.
§ CAPTAIN DONELANIf representations are made, will they be favourably considered?
§ MR. WYNDHAMI have said on previous occasions that unnecessary delay is caused by addressing these Questions to me instead of directly to the Department concerned.