MR. FIELDI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, whether his attention has been directed to the resolution passed unanimously by the South Dublin Board of Guardians in last September, asking the Government to take into consideration the cost of collecting poor rates and other rates by the Collector General's Department, and requesting them to pass a Bill granting power to the Guardians to collect their own poor rates or to employ other public bodies to do so for them; and whether he will introduce legislation on the matter next Session?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURMy attention has been drawn to the resolution refered to. I can only repeat the 600 statement already communicated to the Guardians, that the matter is not one with which the Government can undertake to deal.