§ 36. Mr. O'SULLIVANasked the Vice-President of the Department of Agriculture (Ireland) whether he has received a resolution from the Tralee Rural District Council requesting him to establish veterinary dispensaries in Castleisland, Knocknagoshal, Brosna, and Kingwilliamstown, and also to appoint a veterinary surgeon who will reside in the district and attend to them; and, if so, what action he proposes to take?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe resolution referred to has been received by the Department. Of the four places at which the Tralee Rural District Council desired veterinary dispensaries to be established, two, namely, Knocknagoshal and Castleisland, are already provided with these dispensaries. The dispensary at Knocknagoshal is sufficiently near Brosna to be availed of by farmers from the latter place, and similarly the Castleisland and Rathmore dispensaries are within reach of farmers living in the neighbourhood of Kingwilliamstown. The Department do not propose at present to alter these arrangements, which have been settled after full consideration.