§ MR. DANEI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that the Poor Law Unions of Killarney and Skibbereen are in a financially insolvent condition; and whether, having regard to the previous history of those Poor Law Unions, it is the intention of the Government, through the Local Government Board for Ireland, to dissolve the present Boards and appoint Vice Guardians?
MR. J. MORLEYThe Local Government Board report that the Skibbereen Union cannot be regarded as insolvent, and that in Killarney Union, owing to the unsatisfactory progress made by the collectors, the Guardians have largely overdrawn their account with their treasurer. The Local Government Board do not consider that the circumstances of either Union are such at present as to render it necessary to take the 543 step indicated in the last paragraph of the question.
§ COLONEL NOLAN (Galway, N.)Would it not be advisable, seeing the distress now prevalent, for the Board of Works to advance the necessary moneys to these unions free of interest?