§ Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Bill be now read a second time."
§ MR. MOONEY (Newry)said that this Bill which was promoted by the Irish Local Government Board, was to set up a sewage scheme for the City of Dublin, but there was no statement in the Bill as to what system of sewage was to be carried out. He objected to a procedure of this kind, because the Irish Local Government Board was in no way representative and did not hold inquiries by which the people who lived on the road through which the main sewer would be carried would have an opportunity of being heard. Since he had put his notice on the Paper, he had been in communication with the Chairman of the Dublin County Council, which was an elected body, who stated that the scheme proposed by the Bill was a proper scheme to be carried out. This, he thought, was practically giving them a blank cheque, but at the same time he did not intend to persist in his objection to the Bill.