§ Mr. THOMAS O'DONNELL (Kerry, W.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he has received Reports from Brandon, Keel, Inch, and Cromane, county Kerry, as to the failure of the potato crop in those districts; and whether he proposes to take any steps to help the people over the winter, and also to supply thorn with proper seed potatoes next spring?
§ (Answered by Mr. Bryce.) I have received Reports from the districts mentioned. The Reports from Keel, Inch, and Cromane indicate a backward crop, but those from Bandon a very good one. I would refer the hon. Member to the very full reply which I gave to the Question of the hon. Member for East Mayo on Wednesday last,†when I dealt with the position of county Kerry as regards the partial failure of the potato crop, and stated the intentions of the Government in the matter generally.