HC Deb 05 August 1897 vol 52 cc411-2
MR. JAMES O'CONNOR (Wicklow, W.)

I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether in the Local Government (Ireland) Bill, which is to be introduced next Session, he wall provide that the Irish Lights Board shall be an elective body responsible to local authority?

THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY

I have always declined to pledge myself in the course of this Session as to the details of a Bill to be proposed next Session; but, as to the particular question, I may say that at first sight I do not see any connection between the Irish Lights Board and the general question of county government in Ireland.