§ MR. FETHERSTONHAUGH (Fermanagh, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether it would be possible for the Congested Districts Board for Ireland to schedule as congested districts the districts of Drumbad, Rosscar, Garrison, and Belleek, in the county of Fermanagh, as these districts, owing to bad land, small holdings, and defective communication, require the assistance of the Board quite as badly as many districts in the West of Ireland where the Board is spending large sums of money in improving the condition of the people.
MR. BRYCEThe Congested Districts Board have no power to increase the area of the congested districts, except that when they have purchased lands outside the congested districts for the benefit of any congested districts county they may apply for an Order in Council to have such lands scheduled under the provisions of Section 3 of the Congested Districts Board Act, 1901. At present there are not any congested districts in county Fermanagh, and the Board have not purchased any land in that county.