MR. POWERI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been drawn to a resolution adopted by the Waterford County Council with reference to the present system of supporting lunatic asylums; and whether it is the intention of the Government to do anything in the direction of meeting the views of the Members of the County Council in this matter.
§ MR. ATKINSONThe question to which the resolution refers was embraced, with many others, in the terms of reference to the Royal Commission on Local Taxation. The Report of the Commission in respect of England has been presented to Parliament. Pending the publication of the Report in respect of Ireland, the Government are debarred from expressing an opinion on the subject.