MR. FIELD (Dublin, St. Patrick's)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that the Board of Control of the Waterford District Lunatic Asylum appointed a clerk of works without consulting the Governors of the Institution; and whether such an appointment can be made the subject of re-consideration.
MR. J. MORLEYThe appointment of a clerk of works to superintend the erection of the additions which are now being made to this asylum was, I am informed, a necessary appointment, and one which devolved upon the Board of Control. It is the practice of the Board to consult Boards of Governors in the cases of all such appointments: but the Board of Control explain that they did not think it necessary to do so in the present instance, as the same clerk was appointed who had been nominated by the Governors to superintend similar work on a former occasion and who had given satisfaction in the discharge of his duties.