§ MR. REDDY (King's County, Birr)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he will state in what respect the scheme for labourers' cottages in Birr No. 1 rural district was carelessly prepared.
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. WYNDHAM, Dover)The defects of the scheme were fully detailed in a letter addressed by the Local Government Board to the district council in August last. These were that there was not sufficient evidence of the statements in the representations; that due efforts were not made to utilise unoccupied dwellings, and that the interests of owners and occupiers were generally ignored.