§ MR. SHEEHAN (Cork County, Mid.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that in the recent scheme of cottages promulgated by the Dunmanway Rural District Council, and for which the Provisional Order has now become absolute, the representation of Michael Shea for a cottage and plot of land on the farm formerly occupied by Jeremiah Hallihan, and now held by a man named Cunnell, was amongst those recommended by the Local Government Board inspector; that this applicant proved his claim to be a bona fide and a proper one before the Local Government Board inquiry; and that a majority of the district council since passed a Resolution excluding Shea's application from the scheme; and whether, seeing that Shee's application has been included in the Provisional Order, will the Local Government Board insist that he shall get his cottage and plot of land.
MR. BRYCEI am informed that the fact is as stated in the first part of the Question. The cottage referred to was authorised by an Order of the Local Government Board in August, 1904. On May 15th, 1906, the rural district council unanimously decided to abandon the proposal to erect this particular cottage, upon the ground that Shea, the original applicant, had gone to America and that the present applicant belongs to the Macroom Union. The Local Government Board do not propose to interfere with the action of the council in the matter.