§ MR. O'DOWD (Sligo, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that the district of Chasefield, situate near Kilfree Junction, Boyle, forms a portion of the De Frene, county Sligo, estate, purchased some time ago by the Congested Districts Board, and that the poor inhabitants of this congested district are in a deplorable condition owing to want of road accommodation; whether he is aware that the Board's engineer, Mr. Dodd, visited the place, and, seeing the urgency of the case, had a road opened and work started on August 4th, 1905, which work was, ten days after, abruptly abandoned and never since resumed, notwithstanding representations since made to the Board; and, if so, will he state why the operations were discontinued, and when work will be resumed on this road.
* MR. BRYCEThe Congested Districts Board were unable to proceed with the proposed road on the De Freyne estate in consequence of objection made by a tenant through whose holding the road was to pass. When the estate becomes vested in the Board, they will have power to overrule the tenant's objection and proceed with the work.