§ MR. MACALEESEI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, has he seen a copy of a resolution, passed by the Grand Jury of the county Monaghan, requesting the 1238 Government to take over the Irish Lunatic Asylums in the way they have taken over the prisons, and maintain them at the public cost as an Imperial charge; and, will he give this matter his favourable consideration?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURI have received a copy of the resolution in question. The proposals of the Government with regard to Lunatic Asylums are embodied in the Local Government Bill for Ireland, and I can hold out no hope that the entire cost of the maintenance of these institutions will be borne out of Imperial funds.