§ MR. COGAN (Wicklow, E.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Order required by Section 25 (2) of the Local Government Board (Ireland) Provisional Order Confirmation (No. 3) Act, 1901, has yet been printed; and, if not, how soon will it be ready for circulation; and whether he is aware that inconvenience has been caused to the secretaries of the County Councils in Ireland by reason of this Order not having been printed and made available prior to the Act coming into operation on the 1st of April last.
(Answer.) The Order, as amended, was received at the Stationery Office on the 7th April, and on the 25th April it was published and placed on sale as a Statutory Order. The Order only came 1074 into operation as from the 1st April. I am not aware that inconvenience has been caused, such as alleged in the concluding part of the Question.—(Irish Office.)