§ MR. FLYNNTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Local Government Board can state why the application of a labourer, named John Ring, of Glen-collins, King william stown, County Cork, for a cottage and acre plot, and which was included in the scheme put forward by the Kanturk District Council, has been rejected; and seeing that this man's application has been for many years under the notice of the local authorities, and having regard to the condition of his present cottage, the Board will favourably consider the case of this man.
(Answer.) The Local Government Board was prepared to sanction this application, provided the consent of the occupier to 1365 the acquisition of the site selected was forthcoming. In the absence of such consent the case has fallen through, and as the Provisional Order has been issued, there is no power now to take further action in the matter. It will be open to the Council to include the application in any fresh scheme that may be proposed hereafter, in which event it will be necessary to select another site for the cottage.—(Irish Office.)