§ MR. MCVEIGHI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been called to a resolution passed by the Stranorlar Board of Guardians, at their meeting held on 3rd December; and, if so, whether he will state what steps he proposes to take, and when, to give effect to that portion of the Poor Law Reform Commission Report referred to 360 in the Resolution, and which is also a standing grievance in another union in Donegal.
MR. BRYCEI have received the resolution in question, which approves of the recommendation of the Poor Law Reform Commission that Poor Law unions should not extend beyond the boundaries of one administrative county, except in the case of certain county boroughs. It would require legislation to give effect to this recommendation, and, as I have already stated, it will be necessary for the Government carefully to consider the Commissioners' recommendations as a whole, and I do not anticipate that I shall be in a position to make a statement on the subject for some time to come.