§ MR. KENDAL O'BRIEN (Tipperary, Mid.)I beg to ask the Chef Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been called to the action of the Local Government Board for Ireland in refusing to sanction the allowance of outdoor relief by the Thurles Board of Guardians to the family of one Martin Delahunty, and to the fact that this family are absolutely destitute within the meaning of the Poor Law Relief (Ireland) Acts; and that by the action of the Local Government Board 123 the wife and five children of Delahunty had to obtain admission to the workhouse, where their support and maintenance entails an expenditure out of the rates of about double the outdoor relief proposed to be granted by the local board of guardians; and, if so, will he ask the Local Government Board to reconsider their decision, or in the alternative recoup the guardians the extra cost entailed upon the ratepayers by reason of their action in this matter.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe Local Government Board did not refuse to sanction outdoor relief in the case referred to. The classes of persons to whom such relief can legally be given are mentioned in the first Section of the 10 Vic cap. 31, and the Board merely reminded the guardians of the requirements of the statute.