§ MR. JOHN O'CONNOR (Kerry, S.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Has Colonel Spaight, Local Government Board Inspector, Ireland, visited the parish of Glenbeigh, county of Kerry recently, by order of the Board, and has he made his report of the condition of most of the people of that parish; and, if so, will he be pleased to give the tenor of that report by having a copy of it placed upon the Table of the House?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Mr. JOHN MORLEY) (Newcastle-on-Tyne)Colonel Spaight has recently visited Glenbeigh and reported on the condition of the people there. The tenour of his Report is that much distress prevails in the locality, owing to want of employment and the stoppage of credit. The Local Government Board have issued an Order under the recent Relief Act, authorizing the Guardians to give outdoor relief under the provisions of the 2nd section, and have directed their Inspector to attend the next meeting of the Guardians and confer with them as to the administration of the relief. I have stated the purport of the Report; but it is not usual to lay such documents on the Table.
§ MR. E. HARRINGTON (Kerry, W.)Might I be permitted to ask the right hon. Gentleman a Question on the same subject, of which I have given private Notice? It is, Whether the same state of affairs does not exist in more than that locality in Kerry; whether in Dingle there is not a state of general distress existing approaching to famine in many cases, and also in some of the islands?
§ MR. JOHN MORLEYI have received no Report from these localities; but I will make inquiries.