MR. P. J. O'BRIENI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware of the case of James Quigley, labourer, for whom the Nenagh Rural District Council applied for a cottage and an acre of ground in their Provisional Order for 1902; whether he is aware that the proposed site was thrown out by the Local Government Inspector at the inquiry held in April of that year on the ground of want of water; that, subsequently, the labourer having got permission from a neighbouring farmer to make use of his water supply, the Council again brought the matter under the consideration of the Local Government Board urging Quigley's claim, his house having been condemned as unsanitary and unfit for human habitation; that the Board refused to make the order, alleging that the owner of the land might have other grounds of objection though none was raised by him on the inquiry except the absence of water; and, if so, will he, under the circumstances, have Quigley's case reconsidered.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe facts are as stated in the first part of the Question. The Local Government Board informed the District Council that the case would be sanctioned provided the written consents were obtained from the owner and occupier of the adjoining holding, to the water supply on which it was stated Quigley would have access. These consents have not yet been furnished.
Mr. P. J. O'BRIENAnd if the consent is obtained will the matter be reconsidered?
† See (4) Debates, cxxii., 19.
§ MR. WYNDHAMYes, I understand that all difficulty will then have disappeared.