§ 37. Mr. FFRENCHasked the Vice-President of the Department of Agriculture (Ireland) if Irish county councils 1695 possess the power to exclude cattle from areas, whether in Ireland or Great Britain, where infectious cattle diseases are known to exist?
§ Mr. T. W. RUSSELL (Vice-President of the Department of Agriculture, Ireland)"With the view of preventing the spread of foot-and-mouth disease, every local authority under the Diseases of Animals Acts in Ireland is empowered to make Regulations prohibiting the movement of animals into their district from the district of any other local authority in Ireland. This power does not cover movement of animals into Ireland from Great Britain, such movement being regulated by Orders of the Department.