§ MR. P. J. O'BRIEN (Tipperary, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he will direct that the four ratepayers living on Island More, situate in Lough Derg, be relieved from the tax in connection with the water scheme for Scariff, in view of the fact that they live in the centre of Lough Derg and are not within twelve miles of Scariff; and whether they appealed to the Local Government Board to have the island added on to Tipperary.
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. WYNDHAM, Dover)If the Scariff Rural District Council consent to the exclusion of Island More from the area of charge, and make application to the Local Government Board accordingly, effect will be given to its decision. The transfer of Island More from the County Clare to the County Tipperary could only be effected by Provisional Order, which must be confirmed by Parliament. The expenses incidental to the making of such an order would be considerable, and the District Council, in view of this fact, decided to postpone further consideration of the question of transfer.