§ Mr. W. SHAWasked the Minister of Agriculture if he is aware that when Mr. Runciman was President of the Board he allowed 60 Holstein cattle to come into this country from Holland and that, although one animal died while in quarantine, the remaining 59 left a net profit of over £14,000 to the importers; and, under these circumstances, can he say what guarantee he can give that the Irish Free State shall not be used as a corridor for the importation of Continental cattle, with the attendant risk of disease?
Sir A. BOSCAWENThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. With regard to the second part, I will carefully consider, in connection with the legislation to give effect to the Constitution of the Irish Free State, what safeguards can be made against any risk of disease being introduced by cattle coming from Ireland.