§ MR. D. SHEEHY (Galway, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been called to the resolutions of the Gort Board of Guardians, passed on the 16th instant, relative to the distress now prevailing in the Union; and whether the suggestion made in the resolution, that the road from Ballyturin to Gort (commenced in 1848, resumed in 1882) be now finished, will be at once accepted by the Local Government Board.
MR. J. MORLEYThe resolution in question has been brought under my notice. I am informed that the rates in this Union are moderate and that there is no increase in the number of applications for relief as compared with last year. Upon ohe information at present before the Local Government Board, they are of opinion that the resources of the Union are sufficient to meet any destitution which has so far arisen in the district.