MR. J. P. FAREELLI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will explain why a sum of £130 certified for as being due as an instalment on loan to Longford Rural District Council by Mr. Price, Engineering Inspector of the Local Government Board, is not being paid; whether he is aware that in consequence of the delay in advancing this loan a cheque for £100, given to the contractor for the work, is lying unpaid at the bank since last October: and will he direct that the amount certified for by Mr. Price be now advanced.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe inspector did not give a certificate, as stated. The amounts advanced from time to time in respect of approved loans are recommended by the Local Government Board. In the present case the Board recommended the issue of an advance of £150 to the District Council on the 5th instant, and on the 10th instant the amount was paid by the Board of Works.