§ MR. DEASY (Mayo, W.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, What steps the Local Government Board adopt to satisfy themselves that deaf, dumb, and blind children, sent by Irish Boards of Guardians to the school of the Ulster Society for the Promotion of the Education of Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Children at Belfast, and paid for by the Guardians out of the rates, are properly fed, clothed, and afterwards apprenticed to some trade, according to the declared objects of the Institution?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR) (Manchester, E.)The Local Government Inspector of the district has made particular inquiry about the Institution in question, and is of opinion there is no reason whatever to believe it is not properly conducted, or that it does not carry out its undertakings. If, however, any Board of Guardians considers it has cause for complaint against the Institution, and will communicate with the Local Government Board on the subject, further inquiry will be made.