§ MR. HEALYasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether the answer to the Question respecting the meeting of the Orange Lodge in the Ely Dispensary, county Fermanagh, was made on information supplied by three Orangemen, viz. Dr. Parke, Mr. John Trotter, District Master, and Mr. Nixon; is it the fact that the ratepayers rent the entire premises, 1864 and not merely a portion, as suggested, have the Orange flags, uniform regalia or band instruments been stored in the same room that the Dispensary Committee meet in, how many rooms or stories does the building contain, by whom was the "agreement" with the landlord made, why does the Local Government Board doubt their right to interfere if it be the fact that the Caretaker, elected three times by the Dispensary Committee, was objected to by the Local Government Board, and would the Board sanction the employment of the dispensaries throughout the three southern provinces as storerooms and meeting-places for the National party?
§ MR. TREVELYANThe answer was made on information supplied, through the Local Government Board, by Dr. Parke, the Medical Officer, and by the Clerk of the Union. I am not aware whether Dr. Parke is an Orangeman. I also had information from the Police. As I stated before, the Guardians have been asked to report more in detail as to the terms of the agreement under which the building occupied as the Dispensary is held by them. They will have the matter before them at their meeting on the 8th of this month, and until they report after that meeting I can give no more particulars on the subject.