HC Deb 29 April 1892 vol 3 c1656
DR. TANNER

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether the attention of the been directed to the conduct of the Chairman of the Cork Board of Guar-Irish Local Government Board has dians, in refusing, on Thursday the 21st instant, to proceed with the election of dispensary committees, to the great inconvenience of Guardians convened for the purpose of proceeding with such election, and whether inquiry will be made into this and other rulings of a similar nature?

MR. JACKSON

I am informed that it is not the case that the Chairman of the Cork Board of Guardians refused to proceed with the election of the Committee on the 21st inst. as alleged; nor, as a matter of fact, were the Guardians convened for the purpose of such elections.

DR. TANNER

Is the right hon. Gentleman not aware that on Thursday last week the Guardians were prepared to proceed with the election of the committees, and that the Chairman distinctly refused to carry out what the Guardians were assembled for?

MR. JACKSON

I have already said that cannot be the fact, because the Guardians were not convened for the purpose.

DR. TANNER

As an old Guardian of the Union I can assure the right hon. Gentleman that the information supplied to him is, as indeed it often is, inaccurate.