§ MR. MURPHY (Kerry, E.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that in the case of Anthony Connor, in the Currans Division of Killarney Union, Colonel Kirkwood refused to sanction the granting of an additional half acre of land; and, seeing that this man is an agricultural labourer who has lived in his present cottage for ten years and paid his rent punctually, and that his application was supported by the district council, and not opposed by the landlord of the proposed additional plot, whether he can state what grounds were advanced for the action of the Local Government Inspector, and whether the same can be reconsidered.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe application was rejected on the ground that there are two cottages with half acre plots in the division which have been unoccupied and unused since 1894. One of these cottages and plots immediately adjoins Connor's holding.
§ MR. MURPHYIs it not the fact that these cottages are vacant because the Local Government Board refuse to consent to their being let according to the wish of the rural Council?
§ MR. WYNDHAMI have no information on that point.
§ MR. MURPHYWill the right hon. Gentleman kindly get the information?
§ MR. WYNDHAMI think the Local Government Board in this instance are safeguarding the true interests of the ratepayers.