§ MR. PATRICK WHITETo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Kells Rural District Council has served notice to quit upon a large number of labourers holding cottages from that body; what is the reason assigned for the shower of notices to quit; and will he supply the hon. Member for North Meath with a copy of the existing agreements between the Naran, Trim, Oldcastle, and Kells District Councils and their respective tenants.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The Local Government Board are aware that on the 16th instant the Kells Rural District Council ordered notices to quit to be served on six tenants of labourers cottages, in five instances for non-payment of rent, and in the remaining case for dilapidations. The Board are not in possession of the agreements referred to in the Question.