§ MR. PARNELLI beg to ask the right hon. Gentleman the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether he has received any Reports from the Local Government Board in Dublin as to the probability of distress in the West of Ireland this winter; and, if so, whether he has had under consideration any steps to meet that distress, or for the purpose of affording employment to the people of those districts?
§ MR. TREVELYANYes, Sir; I have received and read Reports from the whole of Ireland, and, of course, with a great deal more interest those from the West of Ireland. No day goes by but some communication passes between London and Dublin on the subject. As Inspectors are always promptly sent down to any district where distress promises to be exceptionally severe, I cannot doubt that the Government will be informed in time.