§ Mr. SHEEHANasked the Vice-President of the Department of Agriculture (Ireland) whether he will say what steps his Department took to make itself aware of the views of creamery managers as to the qualifications required for filling the position of instructor in dairying, seeing that he refused to receive a deputation from the Creamery Managers' Association, which sought to put their views on this question before him in authoritative fashion; and is he aware that the present method of making these appointments has caused dissatisfaction amongst creamery managers?
§ Mr. RUSSELLThe views of creamery managers in regard to the qualifications required for filling the position of instructor in dairying were communicated to the Department in statements received at various times from individual managers and an association of managers. As already stated, in reply to a similar question from the hon. Member in March last, the Department have received from time to time representations of the nature referred to in the latter portion of the question, but they do not propose to alter their present arrangements.