§ MR. POWER (Waterford, E.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if, considering that the South African horse disease was introduced into Ireland by Army horses, and considering the loss that has already occurred by the stoppage of shows, sales, and race meetings, he is now able to state that the entire cost of animals slaughtered with the view of stamping out the disease will be paid, without calling upon the ratepayers of the county where the disease has broken out to pay half the estimated value of the animals so destroyed.
§ MR. WALTER LONGI am not yet in a position to make any statement on this subject, which will be fully considered on an early date at a joint conference between representatives of the English and Irish Departments of Agriculture.