§ MR. CONDON (Tipperary, E.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that a labourer named William Carroll 1195 applied to the Cashel Rural District Council for a labourer's cottage and plot; that his representation was passed by the council and also passed at the inquiry held by the Local Government inspector; that no opposition was offered at the inquiry; that an arbitrator was appointed and his award made; that when all this had been done an objection was made by a MR. Hemphill on the ground that he was not served with the statutory notice; and whether, seeing that no steps have since been taken to build the cottage, and in view of the size of the hut in which this man and his family are living, the Local Government Board will take steps to have the cottage erected.
(Answered by MR. Wyndham.)The facts are as stated. The Local Government Board is not, however, empowered to take steps to have the cottage erected in view of mistake made by the district council in the service of the requisite notices on the persons interested in the plot. It is a matter for the council to consider whether it might not be able to come to terms with the owner and occupier for the taking of the site, or of an alternative site on their lands.