HC Deb 06 July 1903 vol 124 c1407
MR. TULLY

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Local Government Board are aware that on the election of Dr. O'Riordan as medical officer of the Killashee dispensary district he undertook, inaccordance with the advertisement, to reside at Killashee, and that complaints have been made that Dr. O'Riordan has failed to comply with that condition, and continues to reside at Lanesborough on the outskirts of the district; and, if so, what steps will the Local Government Board take in the interests of the sick poor to compel Dr. O'Riordan to comply with the conditions of his original appointment.

MR. WYNDHAM

Dr. O'Riordan is anxious to take up his residence at Killashee and is endeavouring to procure a suitable house or lodgings there. The matter will receive the attention of the Local Government Board.

MR. J. R FARRELL

Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that the Board of Guardians have altered the terms of the appointment by sixteen votes to two without notice given?

MR. WYNDHAM

I do not quite see the relevance of that question.

MR. JOHN O'DONNELL,) Mayo, S.

Has not the parish priest of the district made strong representations?

MR. J. R FARRELL

Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that the whole agitation against this doctor has been got up by a local grazier?

[No answer was returned.]