§ SIR T. ESMONDEI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if the Local Government Board will send an Inspector to inspect the houses of the Dingle fishermen, who have forwarded them a requisition to that effect, as those fishermen state that many of their houses are unfit for human habitation?
MR. J. MORLEYThe Dingle Board of Guardians met last Thursday, and, having considered the representation under the Labourers' Act made to them on behalf of the fishermen, passed a resolution, in which they state that they are satisfied that the applicants are bonâ fide fishermen, and not labourers, within the meaning of Section 4 of the Act of 1886. The medical officer's certificate shows that in only two eases are the houses of the applicants unfit for habitation. The Local Government Board are of opinion, under the circumstances, that the provision of the Act referred to, empowering them to order an independent inquiry, does not apply to a. case such as the present one.