§ MR. SHEEHAN (Cork Co., Mid)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that at the recent sittings of the Privy Council a number of applications for labourers' cottages were rejected on appeal, though recommended in the first instance by the Local Government Board inspector; and can he state what additional evidence was brought forward by the Petitioners before the Privy Council when the decisions of the Local Government Board were reversed.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe fact is as stated in the first part of the Question. The objections urged by the petitioners were disclosed in the petitions, and evidence of the objections was given before, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. The Committee, in disallowing the applications acted in pursuance of its statutory powers. The hearing was public.
§ MR. SHEEHANWill the petitioners be allowed to produce additional evidence—additional, I mean, to that produced at the first hearing?
§ MR. WYNDHAMI understand that the objections urged by the petitioners were disclosed in their petitions, and I infer from that that no further objections can be raised.