§ MR. KENNEDY (Kildare, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether, with a view to enable agricultural labourers to avail themselves of Section 3 of "The Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1891," the Local Government of Ireland will direct clerks of Unions and relieving officers to fill representation forms when requested to do so by any agricultural labourer or labourers who wish to sign the representation under this section, and who signify their inability to prepare the legal form?
THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. J. MORLET,) Newcastle-upon-TyneThe view hitherto taken by the Local Government Board is that these representations should be prepared without the intervention of Union officials or Guardians, before whom the representations would afterwards come for consideration. I am inclined to think that a labourer ought to experience very little difficulty in finding some person other than an official able to fill up the form for him. The clergyman, National school teacher, the constable of police, or local shopkeeper would probably not refuse to fill the form if asked.