§ SIR T. ESMONDEI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland how many of the houses of the Dingle fishermen have been inspected by the local Sanitary Inspector; whether he has inspected some of the worst of them; if he will soon inspect those he 1467 has not yet inspected; if the fishermen have attended 10 meetings of the Dingle Board of Guardians without being able to induce the Guardians to consider their application for decent house accommodation; what explanation have the Guardians to offer for their delay in attending to the matter; and whether the Government will take steps to compel the Guardians to give proper consideration to the fishermen's grievances?
MR. J. MORLEYThe Local Government Board have been informed that the Medical Officer of Health has reported on all the houses alleged to be unfit for human habitation. They are not aware of the actual number of occasions on which the fishermen have attended at the Guardians' meetings. The Board inform me that, in their opinion, there has not been, so far, any exceptional delay on the Guardians since the representation was forwarded to them on the 3rd May, but that if no action is taken by the Guardians at their meeting to-day the Board will urge on them the necessity of coming to a decision in the matter without further delay.