MR. ARTHUR O'CONNORMight I ask the right hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the absence of the Chief Secretary for Ireland, Whether the Government is aware that the labourers in the Union of Abbeyleix are at present threatened with death from starvation; whether the Abbeyleix Board of Guardians have telegraphed to the Local Government Board for permission to extend outdoor relief to these labourers, and the Local Government Board has refused to sanction the issue of outdoor relief; and, whether the Irish Government will communicate with the Local Government Board for the purpose of removing the difficulty?
THE CHANCELLOR OE THE EXCHEQUERI cannot answer this Question without Notice. I would ask the hon. Member to put the Question to the Representative of the Department about which the information is required. [Cries of "Where is Smith?"] The Attorney General for Ireland, in the absence of 429 my right hon. Friend, I have no doubt would be prepared to answer the Question.