HC Deb 28 July 1881 vol 264 cc20-1
MR. O'CONNOR POWER

asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, What is the amount of the loans obtained by the vice guardians of the Swinford Union, on the security of the rateable property of the union, and the purposes to which these loans are applied?

MR. W. E. FORSTER

, in reply, said, the amount was £5,894, and the money was expended as part of the ordinary funds of the Union in the administration of the Poor Relief Acts. No reservation was made as to the application of the money to any specific purpose.