§ MR. JOHN CAMPBELL (Armagh, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that the county surveyor of Armagh keeps great part of the roads of that county in his own hands; that 936 dissatisfaction prevails in consequence of the state of repair of these portions; and that two bridges are at present undergoing repair, so that access to Cullyhanna church and graveyard is rendered practically impossible; whether he will undertake to procure an account of the way in which the money has been spent on these roads; and whether he will instruct the Local Government Board to send an engineer to inspect them and report on them with a view to their improvement.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe Local Government Board has no information on the first paragraph, and no complaint has been made to the Board in the matter. In the event of a formal complaint being made by a rural district council, that the county council has failed to keep the roads in proper repair, an appeal would lie to the Board under Section 82 (3) of the Local Government Act, 1898. The Board has no power to take action such as suggested in the second and third paragraphs.
§ MR. JOHN CAMPBELLIs it pot the fact that where direct labour has been employed in the south of Ireland under the surveyor it has given the greatest satisfaction?
§ MR. WYNDHAMI believe it has in most cases.