§ MR. DANE (Fermanagh, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland what has been the result of the promised inquiry into the charges made against Dr. Pentland respecting the conduct of his duties as dispensary medical officer at Dromod, Leitrim?
MR. J. MORLEYThe Local Government Board inform me that their Medical Inspector visited Dromod on the 9th instant, and after careful inquiry satisfied himself that Dr. Pentland has a residence there which he has regularly occupied since June, 1893, and that such residence is within the dispensary district for which he acts as medical officer. The cases to which my attention was drawn on the 1st instant have been inquired into, and it has been found that no inconvenience was caused to the patient in either case, and that no blame attaches to the medical officer who was temporarily absent from home when called. In the case of John Farrell he 1272 is stated to have been a paying patient, and had no dispensary ticket.