§ MR. SHEEHANI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Local Government Board have received from the Macroom Rural District Council a statement of the facts regarding the alleged delay in the erection of a labourer's 46 cottage, which was sanctioned about twelve years ago on the lands of a farmer named Hincheon, in the Clonmoyle electoral division; is he aware that this cottage was let out to contract a second time about eighteen months, and the necessary bonds for the execution of the contract entered into; will he state the cause of delay in the erection of the cottage, and what steps the Local Government Board will take to secure its erection.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe, erection of this cottage was originally abandoned by the local authority because the limit of taxation for cottages already built in the electoral division had been reached. Upon the passing of the Local Government Act, 1898, which made the expenses a District charge, the Rural Council accepted a tender for the cottage from a contractor. The Council, however, failed to obtain the consent of the present owners of the land, and no further action has been taken by the Council.