§ Mr. KELLYasked the Vice-President of the Department of Agriculture (Ireland) whether it is possible to supply pure breeds of poultry, including turkeys, geese, and ducks, to the North-West Agricultural School from the Albert Agricultural College or the Munster Dairying School; will he give immediate instructions to have this done, so that a practical training in poultry-keeping may be offered to the students; and whether he has any official information showing that the inadequate equipment of this school is one of the chief causes of the slack attendance?
§ Mr. DUKEI would refer the hon. Member to the reply to his question on the 22nd inst. The Department of Agriculture propose to keep at this school only those breeds of poultry which are considered suitable for giving the practical training in poultry-keeping which can be acquired in a short course of six or eight weeks. The Department are not aware that the equipment of the school has anything to do with the number of applications for places. During the War it has been found difficult to maintain the attendance at the school, and the whole question of the lines on which the institution may be most advantageously developed will be carefully considered after the War.