§ MR. GILHOOLYOn behalf of the hon. Member for North Tipperary, I beg to ask 71 the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been directed to the deportation of a woman named M'Cabe from Glasgow to Nenagh (Ireland); whether he is aware that it appears from the depositions of Mrs. M'Cabe, that she left Ireland when eight years old and went to England where she resided fifty-two years, then went to Scotland when, after a residence of four weeks in a workhouse in Glasgow, she was sent to Nenagh; and whether the authorities connected with the Glasgow Workhouse are empowered to take such action; and, if so, whether he will cause the law to be amended to prevent a repetition of similar action.
§ MR. WYNDHAMI am informed that the facts are correctly stated in the question. The Local Government Board for Scotland have informed the Guardians that the Parish Council of Glasgow were acting within their legal rights in removing this poor person, and that she did not reside in Glasgow sufficiently long to confer upon the Irish Board of Guardians a right of appeal against her removal. The case is doubtless one of hardship, but I am afraid I can hold out no hope of an amendment of the law, as suggested.
§ MR. DALYWhy was this woman, who lived fifty-two years in England, not sent there instead of to Ireland?
§ MR. WYNDHAMI understand the law is that a person who has resided for five or six years in a place has to be maintained there, but if the term of residence is shorter, then the birth-place is the place of settlement. Hence this poor woman was not sent to England.
§ MR. WILLIAM REDMONDI wish to ask the right hon. Gentleman whether, in view of the extreme hardships of cases like these, he will consider the advisability of altering the law, so that a person who has lived fifty-two years in England shall not become a burden on the Irish ratepayers?
§ [The answer was inaudible.]