§ MR. SEXTONasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether it is true that the extraordinary presentment session for the barony of Tireragh, county of Sligo, passed in March last 69 presentments, amounting to £2,683; that £1,004 of the outlay so proposed was approved of by the Board of Works; and that, nevertheless, last month the baronial session dissolved itself, having arranged for but one contract of £130, and having allowed all the other presentments to become void, including one in respect of a boundary wall to a road beside the river at Ballina, which road the Grand Jury have left in a condition that is dangerous to the safety of life; whether the presentment session was bound to make arrangements for carrying out the presentments approved of by the Board of Works; and, whether steps will he taken to have these presentments executed?
§ MR. W. E. FORSTERSir, at the baronial session referred to by the hon. Member 19 (not 69) presentments were made, amounting to £2,683, of which sum £1,004 was approved of. When notifying the approval to the secretary of the Grand Jury, the Board of Works directed that steps should beat once taken to have the works executed. I am not aware of the action by the baronial session which is stated by the hon. Member to have taken place; but I have directed immediate inquiry to be made, and if I find intervention desirable I will take such steps as I may find necessary.