HC Deb 21 February 1896 vol 37 cc818-9
MR. C. J. ENGLEDOW

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that the infirmary of the county of Carlow is almost entirely supported by money voted by the Grand Jury of that county from the public funds at its disposal, and as there appear to be grave doubts as to whether the funds thus voted are applied in accordance with the law providing for and governing these institutions, and also as the accounts of this institution are not audited by a Government official, he will take steps to have the expenditure of these public moneys audited by a Government auditor, and see if the provisions of the law are carried out; and whether the incumbent of the Protestant Church in the town of Carlow has ex-officio any legal right to act as a governor of that body since the Disestablishment of the Protestant Church in Ireland?

MR. GERALD BALFOUR

I must ask the hon. Member to defer this question until Monday next.