§ MR. COX (Clare, E.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether it is a fact that Mr. Patrick Loughry, Poor Rate Collector, Tulla Union, has been dismissed by sealed order of the Local Government Board; whether any communication passed between the Local Government Board and the Board of Guardians before the issue of the sealed order; and, whether he will state what was the nature of the offence charged against Mr. Loughry for which he was dismissed?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR) (Manchester, E.)I reply to the first paragraph in the affirmative; to the second in the negative. As regards the last portion of the Question, the Local Government Board considered the man an unfit person to hold office under the Irish Poor Relief Acts, he having been sentenced to imprisonment in default of finding sureties for his good behaviour.
§ MR. COXWhat is the offence he was summoned for, and for which he refused to find bail—will the right hon. Gentleman state that?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURI cannot give the hon. Gentleman that information.