§ MR. J. P. FARRELLI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, if he is aware that William M'Donnell, a labourer living in the electoral division of Caldra, in the Union of Longford, put seven representations under the Labourers' Act before the Longford Board of Guardians, the last being signed by 12 labourers and lodged in December 1893, but that no cottage has since been erected for this man, who has a large family, and is compelled to live in a most insanitary house, and that, in consequence of a change of ownership, his house and that of some other labourers on the Douglas estate is about being pulled down; and, under such circumstances, will he direct the Local Government Board to order their Inspector to consider this man's representation?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURThe Local Government Board have been informed by the Clerk of the Longford Union that there is no truth in the statement that M'Donnell's house is to be pulled down, and the Guardians are of the opinion that the house now inhabited by him is a substantial house, in good repair, and that, therefore, another house could not be built for him.