§ MR. FLAVINI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1) whether he can state the amount of each grant given hitherto and at present in aid of all local rates in Ireland; and (2) what portion, if any, of these grants will be withdrawn in future in consequence of the operation of the Local Government Bill?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURIn reply to the first paragraph of the Question, I would refer the hon. Member to the Returns of Local Taxation in Ireland annually presented to Parliament. The only Exchequer grants-in-aid that will be withdrawn under the provisions of the Local Government Bill will be the grant in aid of the maintenance of pauper lunatics in asylums; the contribution of one-half of the salaries of medical officers in workhouses and dispensaries, and one-half of their salaries as sanitary officers; the whole of the salaries of schoolmasters and schoolmistresses in workhouses; and the payments of one-half of the cost of medicines and medical and surgical appliances. The respective amounts of these grants will be found in the annual Estimates, and the Appropriation Accounts show the actual expenditure under each head.
§ MR. J. CLANCY (Dublin Co., N.)As some doubt seems to exist on the subject in Ireland, may I ask whether it is intended in withdraw the Probate Duty grant of 1888?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURNo, Sir.