§ MR. O'SHEETo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, what is the cause of the delay of the Department of Agriculture in Ireland in acceding to the request of the Waterford County Council for an inquiry by an independent veterinary expert as to the outbreak and spread of epizootic lymphangitis in county Waterford.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) On 10th May the Department sent a reply to the Waterford County Council stating fully the reasons why, in the opinion of the Department, it was unnecessary to hold the inquiry asked for. The facts which have been already elicited leave practically no room for doubt as to the origin and spread of the disease, which has now happily disappeared.