§ MR. FLAVINI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that the Kerry County Council unanimously passed a resolution asking that a representative from Kerry be placed on the Congested Districts Board; and whether, owing to the poor and congested condition of a large portion of Kerry, some means can be found by which a Kerry representative will be added to the Board.
§ MR. ATKINSON (for Mr. G. W. BALFOUR)I have already answered two similar questions on this subject to the effect that the number of members of the Board is fixed by statute, and that there is no vacancy at present on the Board.
§ MR. FLAVINHave vacancies been created and filled for any other county in Ireland which is not so much congested as Kerry is?
§ [No answer was given.]