HC Deb 09 April 1900 vol 81 cc1530-1
MR. PATRICK O'BRIEN

I beg to ask Mr. Attorney General for Ireland, as representing the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, whether he can explain the cause of the delay on the part of the Kilkenny Union Board in providing a cottage for a labourer named James Lanigan, whose application was lodged in November, 1898, and was sanctioned by the Board and a site selected in July, 1899; and whether he will see that the building of this cottage is proceeded with at once.

MR. ATKINSON

A Provisional Order sanctioning the erection of a number of cottages in the Kilkenny rural district is in course of preparation. Amongst the applicants for these cottages is an individual named James Lanigan, but it will rest with the rural district council to decide whether or not they will let one of the cottages to this man when built. The reply to the second paragraph is in the negative.

MR. PATRICK O'BRIEN

But, having decided on building the cottage, and selected the site, have the board any option but to proceed with it?

* For discussion on the Agriculture and Technical Instruction (Ireland) Bill (1899) on consideration as amended by the Standing Committee, see The Parliamentary Debate [Fourth Series], Vol. lxxv., page 96; refer also to the consideration of Lords Amendments, Vol. lxxvi., page 40.
MR. ATKINSON

If they have got the Order they must proceed.