§ MR. CLANCY (Dublin County, N.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether, in view of the fact that the medical staff of the Meath Hospital (County Dublin Infirmary) claim the right to elect to vacancies in their own body, and that this right is claimed by the members of the staff elected since the passing of the Local Government Act, 1898, as well as by those in office before that date, he can state if it has been actually exercised on any occasion since 1898 by members of the staff elected since that date; and whether any representations have been received in reference to this matter from the Infirmary Committee.
(Answered by Mr. Wyndham.) Two gentlemen were elected to the medical staff of this hospital since the passing of the Act of 1898 by the Medical Board under the 55 Geo. III. The answer to the last query is in the negative.