§ MR. SHEEHANI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, having regard to the fact that complaints are being constantly brought under his notice of the conduct of inspectors appointed by the Local Government Board to hold inquiries into improvement schemes for housing Irish labourers in respect of their decisions on individual applications, whether he will request the Local Government Board to issue instructions to their inspectors directing them to determine every labourer's representation on the evidence offered in support of it.
§ MR. ATKINSONSome complaints have been made to Government from time to time of the rejection of individual applications for cottages. All such complaints have been carefully investigated, and I do not think that in any case it
† See preceding Volume, p. 1028.362 has been shown that the Inspector has rejected an application on insufficient grounds. Moreover, having regard to the very large number of applications that have been dealt with by the Inspectors, the complaints received have been relatively few in number. It is the duty of the Inspectors, when holding their local inquiries, to hear not only the evidence in support of every application, but also any evidence that may be forthcoming in opposition to it, and the recommendations are determined according to the evidence adduced and to the various interests involved.