§ MR. STACK (Kerry, N.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether the rating qualification for a guardian in the Leitrim (county Kerry) division of Glin Union is £25, and only five persons resident in the division are rated over that amount, of whom two are disqualified by being evicted from their farms; whether he is aware that at the last election the ratepayers had to nominate a candidate who does not live in the Leitrim division but in the county Limerick; and, whether he would consider the advisability of recommending the Local Government Board to lower the rating in this division to £15?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Mr. JOHN MORLEY) (Newcastle-on-Tyne)The facts are substantially as stated in the Question. It is the intention of the Local Government Board to consider the question of reducing the qualification before the next election occurs in the division.