§ MR. O'DOHERTY (Donegal, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he can state how much of the £40,000 voted by Parliament in 1890 stands at the present time to the credit of the Innishowen District Council in aid of liabilities incurred under the Labourers (Ireland) Acts, and if any other sum or sums stand to the credit or are payable to said district council under any other 861 grants in connection with the Labourers Acts.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe amount to the credit of the Innishowen Rural District out of the grant referred to is £183 1s. 7d. In addition to this, a sum of about £1,380 annually accrues to county Donegal, in which the rural district is situate, out of the Exchequer contribution provided by Section 5 of the Land Purchase Act of 1891. A sum of £865 has been lying to the credit of the county since the last distribution took place in March, 1900.
MR. ODOHERTYCan the right hon. Gentleman say how the sum of £1,380 allocated to the county annually is distributed among the district councils?
§ MR. WYNDHAMIt is distributed in proportion to the efforts made by the various councils for providing cottages, and the reason for the non-payment of the sum is that the expenditure of the rural districts in which the cottages are being erected does not entitle them to the whole amount.