§ MR. WILLIAM REDMOND (Clare, E.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether it has come to the knowledge of the Local Government Board that Mr. Thomas Kelly, a Poor Law Guardian for the Kilmore Division of the Dunshaughlin Union for the past 15 years, is not a ratepayer within the Union; and whether Mr. Kelly is legally entitled to sit on the Board and vote on its proceedings; and, if not, whether the Local Government Board propose to take any, and, if so, what, steps to deal with Mr. Kelly's illegal votes, and to afford the ratepayers of Kilmore Division an opportunity for electing a Guardian who would be legally qualified to represent them on the Dunshaughlin Board?
MR. J. MORLEYThe Local Government Board have been informed by the Returning Officer that Mr. Kelly's name appears on the Rate Book with a valuation of £376, and the Poor Rate Collector states he has always received the rates in Mr. Kelly's name, and that he resides on the farm. Assuming these 777 statements to be true, Mr. Kelly would appear to possess the necessary rating qualification for the office of Guardian in the Union.