HC Deb 24 May 1892 vol 4 cc1658-9
MR. JORDAN (Clare, W.)

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland with regard to the fact that the Board of Guardians of the Enniskillen Union has applied to the Local Government Board by unanimous resolution five different times, the last application the 3rd May this year, for an official inquiry into the administration of the Public Health Act, 1878, in that Union, mainly in its villages and rural districts, which has been refused by the Local Government Board, if he will take steps to ascertain on what grounds the Local Government Board refused an application so often and so unanimously made by such a Board of Guardians, and have the matter rectified?

THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. JACKSON,) Leeds, N.

I understand it is the case that the Guardians of the Enniskillen Union have made application for official inquiry into the administration of the Public Health Act, 1878, in that Union; but notwithstanding repeated applications have not made known the specific grounds upon which they ask for inquiry.