MR. C. MACVEIGHI beg to ask the Vice-President of the Department of Agriculture (Ireland) whether he is aware of the hardships that the Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milkshops (Ireland) Order, will inflict upon the small farmers in many parts of Donegal; and seeing $hat if the Order is enforced they will require to build a new stand of office houses, which is entirely beyond their means, whether he will state what steps, if any, he will take to have the Order modified or withdrawn from operating in the poorer districts.
§ MR. BIRRELLThe Order in question is an Order of the Local Government Board and not of the Department of Agriculture. It contains a clause which prescribes that the provisions as to the lighting and ventilation of cowsheds shall not apply if the medical officer of health or a veterinary surgeon appointed by the local authority certifies that the existing arrangements are sufficient. The provisions of this Order are very necessary in the interests of the public health.