HC Deb 15 August 1901 vol 99 c939
MR. SHEEHAN

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he has now considered the correspondence which has been brought under his notice relative to the application of William Kelly for a labourer's cottage on the lands of Garravaugh-Inches, in the electoral division of Carrigrohanebeg, Cork Rural District Council; and, having regard to the fact that it was supported by the landlord of the proposed site and by the district councillor for the division, and in view of the nature of the opposition of the occupiers, the Ballincollig Powder Mills Company, and of the rejection by the Local Government Board inspector of Kelly's representation paper, will he recommend a reconsideration of this man's application with a view to his getting a labourer's cottage.

MR. WYNDHAM

I have considered the correspondence which the hon. Member has been good enough to send me. The Provisional Order in respect of the eight cottages sanctioned was issued on the 9th instant. It will, of course, be open to the Rural District Council to allocate one of these cottages to Kelly, if he is considered an agricultural labourer in urgent need of a sanitary dwelling; or, if the cottages have all been appropriated, the council may propose to build a cottage for him on another site when a fresh scheme is being formulated.

MR. SHEEHAN

Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that this inspector's decisions have over and over again caused a great deal of dissatisfaction?

*MR. SPEAKER

Order, order!