§ MR. MAGUIRE (Clare, W.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been directed to the insanitary condition of labourers' cottages in Milltown Malbay district; will he explain why the requisition, largely signed by the principal ratepayers of the division, which was some time ago forwarded to the Local Government Board, has not yet been answered; and if he can take some steps to remedy the insanitary condition of the district, as set forth in evidence given before the Labour Commission?
§ MR. BRYCE (for Mr. J. MORLEY)The attention of the Local Government Board has been called to Mr. O'Brien's remarks in his Report to the Royal Commission on Labour, as to the condition of these cottages. In May last a Memorial from the labourers in the district was forwarded to the Board by a solicitor in Ennis, and the Board re- 373 turned it to him, pointing out that under Section 10 of the Labourers' Act of 1883, and Section 4 of the Act of 1891, "a representation," as defined by the Acts, must be made to the Board of Guardians before the Local Government Board could interfere in the matter. The Board are not aware that this has been done.