HC Deb 22 June 1899 vol 73 c288
MR. MACALEESE

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that Aughnacloy, where Dr. Phillips resides, is twelve miles from portions of the dispensary district of which that gentleman has charge; can any cases be cited in England where the poor needing medical relief have to travel twelve miles in order to obtain it; and if the Local Government Board cannot see their way to adopt the proposal made by the Rev. Father Callan, P.P., to have the five divisions of Truagh erected into a district, with a resident medical officer, will they devise some other scheme to mitigate the hardships now endured by the poor of the locality.

MR. G. W. BALFOUR

I am making inquiry into the statement contained in the first paragraph, and must ask the hon. Member to postpone the question until to-morrow.