§ MR. J. TULLY (Leitrim, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, whether the Local Government Board have received resolutions passed recently by the Mohill Board of Guardians, and also by the Rynn Dispensary Committee, requiring Dr. Pentland, the medical officer for 550 Rynn Dispensary District, to reside within his district; and, whether he can state what steps the Local Government Board intend to take to compel this gentleman to reside within his district the same as other Dispensary Medical Officers in Ireland are required to do?
Mr. J. MORLEYResolutions of the nature indicated have been received by the Local Government Board. The hon. Gentleman will remember that he addressed a question to me on the subject of the residence of Dr. Pentland in May last. Inquiries on the spot were subsequently made into the facts of the case by the Board's Medical Inspector, who stated that Dr. Pentland has a residence at Dromod within his district, where he lives and where all messages are taken in and kept for him when out on duty. This gentleman has also a house in Mohill, where part of his family reside; but the Inspector is of opinion that his residence in Dromod is actual residence within his dispensary district, and, so far as the Local Government Board are aware, Dr. Pentland complies with their rules as to residence.
§ MR. TULLYasked whether the Chief Secretary had acted on the report of the Inspector or on the resolution passed?
MR. J. MORLEY>I think it would be better if my hon. Friend would bring before me any inconvenience he can show has arisen.