§ MR. O'SHAUGHNESSY (Limerick, W.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he can say, when the representation of a labourer for a cottage and plot of land is made and the representation rejected by the district councillors of the district on the ground that the cottage is applied for on demesne land, and without giving the labourer an opportunity of being heard to prove that the land is not demesne, what is the proper course to adopt so that his representation may be fully considered.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The rural district council are not bound by the suggestion contained in the representation as to the site to be taken for any cottage. The selection of the site is entirely in the hands of the district council, and if they do not approve of the particular site suggested by the labourer he is not entitled to insist upon his suggestion being reconsidered by them.