MR. O'BRIENasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether he can state the decision of the Local Government Board with respect to the charges preferred against officials of the Dunfanaghy Union in connection with the seduction of an imbecile pauper inmate and the birth in the workhouse of her illegitimate child?
§ MR. TREVELYANSir, the decision arrived at by the Local Government Board was that there was no evidence worthy of credence to sustain a charge of immorality against any official of the workhouse. It transpired in the course of the inquiry that the classification of the inmates had not been sufficiently strictly maintained, and steps have been taken to remedy that defect.