§ MR. HAMMOND (Carlow)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether, in view of the fact that a serious horse disease (epizootic lymphangitis) has recently been imported into Ireland through horses brought from South Africa, and that the steps which the Department of Agriculture are taking to prevent its spreading may be rendered nugatory if fresh cases come into the country without restriction, he will say if any inspection of horses coming into Ireland through its eastern seaports from England and foreign countries has been ordered.
TAE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. WALTER LONG, Bristol, S.)The question of regulating the importation of horses into Ireland is at present under consideration.