§ MR. ROCHE (Galway, E.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieu-; tenant of Ireland if he will state what is the cause of the delay in sanctioning the appointment of Doctor Kirwan as resident medical superintendent to the Ballinasloe Asylum; whether Doctor Kirwan is duly qualified for the position; and whether the committee have expressed their dissatisfaction at the withholding of the sanction such a length of time.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe official file of papers containing the correspondence 1387 that has passed on the subject of this appointment is before me to-day. I must ask the hon. Member, as well as my hon. friend the Member for South Belfast. to postpone their Questions till Wednesday.
§ The following is the Question of the hon. Member for South Belfast referred to—
§ MR. SLOANTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been called to the fact that at a meeting of the Committee of Management of the Ballinasloe District Asylum, held on the 9th instant, a letter was real from the Lord-Lieutenant asking to be informed why, in electing Dr. Kirwan to the vacant office of resident medical superintendent, they had passed over the senior assistant medical officer of the asylum; and if so, can he state whether information was refused to the Lord-Lieutenant; and, if so, what action, if any, does he intend to take in the matter.