§ MR. SHEEHAN (Cork Co., Mid)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether, having regard to the fact that at the recent Inquiry held at Ennis under the Labourers' (Ireland) Acts the Local Government Board Inspector accommodated certain owners by hearing their cases out of the regular order, thereby causing inconvenience to labourers, he will request the Local Government Board to put a stop to this practice in future, and to direct their inspectors to hear all applications in their proper order.
§ MR. ATKINSONOnly one case was taken out of its regular order at the Inquiry referred to, and this course was adopted at the request of the Solicitor of the District Council, with the consent of the other solicitors present who represented parties interested. No inconvenience whatever was caused to the labourers by the adoption of this course.