§ MR. W. O'BRIEN (Cork)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland what is the result of the Local Government Board's inquiries as to the distress among the unemployed shipwrights and labourers of Passage West; and whether any special measures will be taken or recommended for their relief?
§ MR. ASQUITH (for Mr. J. MORLEY)The Irish Government has received from the Local Government Board a Report, on the subject of the want of employment at Passage West—a condition of things which it is to be observed arises from a purely local cause, and not from any circumstances affecting the general state of the country—and the Chief Secretary is now considering whether it is practicable to take any steps with the view of affording relief.