§ MR. MAINS (Donegal, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that at a meeting of the Governors of Derry Lunatic Asylum, held on the 14th of this mouth, a Report was received from a Committee appointed to select a site for the new asylum for County Derry, in which they recommended as a site for the new asylum a farm at Granshaw containing 290 acres, 1626 and which is situated near the City of Derry; whether he is aware that all the members of this Committee live in or near the City of Derry; whether he is also aware that they had offers of sites from several central districts of the county, and whether they visited any of those but the one at Granshaw; that the Chairman of the Governors said at the meeting that the Committee had given the Governors no information, and that the Derry Governors were in a majority, and could do as they wished in this matter; and whether, in view of the fact that Derry is situated at the extreme end of the county, and therefore difficult>to get at from various parts of the county, the Board of Control will consider the interests of the county at large, previous to approving of any site?
MR. J. MORLEYThe facts are correctly stated in the first two paragraphs. With regard to the remainder of the question, I am informed there were 20 offers of sites for the new asylum and that of these the Committee visited four —two being near Derry and two near Limavaddy. The Report of the Committee has not yet been laid officially before the Board of control, upon whom will devolve the entire legal responsibility in connection with the selection of a site. Before such selection is made the interests of the insane poor of the various portions of the district will be carefully considered.