§ MR. BIGGARasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether he will be good enough to direct the Local Government Board to send an Inspector to report upon the state of the existing supply of water at Urlaur, in the Swineford Union, county Mayo, there being the greatest necessity for same; and, whether the written statement of the sanitary officer that "water is inconvenient" was discredited, and by whom?
§ MR. TREVELYANI see no reason to direct the Local Government Board to send an Inspector to the district, as they already have full information with regard to the water supply. The statement that it is inconveniently placed for some few of the inhabitants residing farthest from its sources is not, so far as I am aware, discredited. But the 667 Sanitary Authority and the inhabitants of the district generally—who have memorialized the Local Government Board on the subject—are agreed that the existing supply is ample for the requirements of the locality, and that no expense should be put on the district for the purpose of increasing it; and the Local Government Board see no reason why they should interfere with the discretion of the Sanitary Authority in the matter.