§ MR. DUFFY (Galway, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that the district council of Gort asked the county council of Galway for a list containing the names of the ratepayers who asked the county council to instruct the reviser of valuations to revise a number of holdings in the Gort rural district in December last; and whether, in view of the refusal of the county council to comply with the request, he will direct the Local Government Board to communicate with the county council, for the purpose of having the council furnish to the ratepayers in the Gort district the information asked for.
§ MR. CHERRYThe Local Government Board are aware that the Galway County Council have declined to give the information asked for upon the ground that they regard it as confidential. The Board have no powers in the matter and cannot, therefore, require the council to give the information.
† See (4) Debates, clx., 729.