HC Deb 23 May 1905 vol 146 cc1122-3
MR. CHARLES DEVLIN (Galway)

I beg to ask Mr. Attorney-General for Ireland whether, in view of the fact that sections of town property in Galway City are covered with ruined houses that the landlords will neither sell nor let, that such properties, although situate in some of the best streets of Galway, are free from municipal taxation, and also constitute a disfigurement of the city, and in view of the need for sites upon which to build habitations for the working classes, he will consider the advisability of introducing legislation dealing with the subject.

THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. ATKINSON, Londonderry, N.)

I have no information as to the facts stated in the Question, but, in any event, it is not the intention of the Government to introduce legislation on the subject this session.