§ MR. P. J. O'BRIEN (Tipperary, N.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, In what way the tithe rent-charge as at present collected in Ireland is appropriated; and, whether he would consider the propriety and expediency of its being applied to the reduction of the Poor Rates in the different unions in which it is collected?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH) (Bristol, W.)The entire income of the Church Estate, including the tithe rent-charge, is appropriated to discharging the liabilities and charges on the estate, and could not be diverted for the purpose of reducing the Poor Rates in the different unions in which it is collected.