§ MR. BYRNEasked the President of the Local Government Board, Whether he has observed in a discussion of the West Derby Board of Guardians, at a recent meeting, on a motion to pay a salary to the religious instructor of the Catholic inmates, it was stated that such a payment would be illegal, and would be disallowed by the Local Government Board; whether the present state of the law gives the Local Government Board the right to disallow a salary voted by a board of guardians to Catholic instructors in a workhouse; and, if it is so, whether he will take steps to call the attention of the board of guardians to the matter?
MR. DODSONSir, a payment to a Roman Catholic instructor would not be held illegal, and could not properly be disallowed if such an officer were appointed and his salary approved by the Board, as has been done in several instances.