§ MR. O'KELLYasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, What is the cause of the delay in granting the loan of £1,500 out of the Irish Reproductive Loan Fund applied for by the Roscommon Town Commissioners on the 1st of August 1884; and, whether he is aware that the money in question belongs to the county Roscommon, and that the delay in granting the loan applied for by the Town Commissioners is inflicting a serious financial loss on the town of Roscommon, and delaying the carrying out of works of public utility to all classes of the population and of the county?
§ MR. COURTNEY, in reply, said, the reason why this loan had not yet been settled was that the Town Commissioners had not yet answered a letter written to them on September 24 last. Perhaps the hon. Member might advise them to do so at once.