§ MR. STACK (Kerry, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether a number of men in want of food were registered on the 23rd of March last for employment on the relief works in the parish of Glengariff, County Cork, but have not yet been taken on; why inquiries addressed to the Under Secretary on the subject have remained unanswered; and whether prompt measures will now be taken to mitigate the great distress in the parish of Glengariff by affording this employment?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURA list of applicants for employment on relief works in the districts mentioned was received, and the circumstances investigated, with the result that instructions have been now issued to the supervisor of works to employ those who have been found eligible. It does not appear to be the case that communications addressed to the Under Secretary on the subject have remained unanswered. On the contrary, all such received were duly replied to, and otherwise obtained prompt attention.
§ MR. FOLEY (Galway, Connemara)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether, if any, and what arrangements have been made with a view of commencing relief works in Clonbur and Cong to relieve the starving people in those districts; and whether, after repeated representations by the Clifden Board of Guardians as to the distress which exists in Enislannan, and the promise made by the Government that relief works would be commenced to relieve such distress, the Government will at once make the necessary arrangements to carry out such work as promised?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURRelief works have been opened in each of the districts mentioned, and the question of what further measures shall be taken is now under consideration.