§ MR. JAMES O'KELLY (Roscommon, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that the Inspector to the Local Government Board, in selecting a site for a labourer's cottage in Kilbarry, Rooskey, Dromod, Strokes-town Union, county Roscommon, passed over several comparatively large farms, and selected for the purpose a site upon a farm of 12 acres, 2 roods, 5 poles (valuation £5 18s.), made up for the most part of reclaimed land belonging to a tenant named James Beirne; and whether he will ask the Local Government Board to instruct their Inspector that in taking this action he is not carrying out the object of the Labourers Act.
§ MR. BIRRELLThe selection of sites for labourers' cottages is made by the Sites Committee of the Rural District Council in conjunction with the engineer employed by the Council, and not by an Inspector or other officer of the Local Government Board. An inquiry will be held by an Inspector as to the propriety of confirming the scheme made by the Rural District Council, and any person interested in a site proposed to be acquired by the Council may attend the inquiry and put forward any objections which he may have to make.