§ MR. J. DEVLIN (Belfast, W.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he could state the number of applications received under the Labourers Act, and the number sanctioned by the Local Government Board, in the various counties
| Particulars showing how Schemes under The Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1906, received by the Local Government Board up to the 31st December, 1907, have so far been dealt with. | ||||||||
| Proposed by Schemes. | Authorised by Inspectors. 64 Orders made. | About to be authorised by Inspectors. 25 Orders being made. | Being dealt with.* | |||||
| Cottages. | Allotments. | Cottages. | Allotments. | Cottages. | Allotments. | Cottages. | Allotments. | |
| Ulster | 3,644 | 279 | 1,288 | 47 | 313 | 37 | 1,636 | 86 |
| Munster | 6,617 | 1,464 | 1,405 | 313 | 1,018 | 177 | 2,771 | 589 |
| Leinster | 7,565 | 1,344 | 2,626 | 579 | 417 | 45 | 3,027 | 385 |
| Connaught | 4,377 | 285 | 583 | 20 | 305 | 3 | 1906 | 120 |
| Totals | 22,203 | 3,372 | 5,902 | 959 | 2,053 | 262 | 9,340 | 1,180 |
| * Inquiries ordered into all these except two. |
§ in Ulster up to the end of December last; and the number of applications received, and the numbers approved of, for the provinces of Munster, Leinster, and Connaught, for the same term.
§ (Answered by Mr. Birrell.) It is presumed that the Question relates only to applications received under the Act of 1906. The first scheme under that Act was received in May last, and from then to the 31st December there were received 136 schemes, affecting 134 out of the 213 rural districts in Ireland. The first of the following tables shows how these schemes have so far been dealt with. The particulars for each of the counties in Ulster are given in the second table. If the hon. Member desires information as to the work done under former Acts, I would refer him to the Annual Report of the Local Government Board, which gives the necessary information up to the 31st March, 1907.
697| Particulars in respect of Counties of Ulster. | ||||||||||
| County. | Number of Rural Districts in County. | Number of Schemes received. | Particulars of Schemes received. | Particulars of Provisional Orders made by Inspectors. | Particulars of Orders about to be made by Inspectors. | particulars of Schemes being dealt with. | ||||
| Cottages. | Plots. | Cottages. | Plots. | Cottages. | Plots. | Cottages. | Plots. | |||
| Antrim | 8 | 4 | 346 | 3 | 22 | — | — | — | 319 | 3 |
| Armagh | 5 | 4 | 162 | 18 | 19 | — | 35 | — | 101 | 18 |
| Cavan | 7 | 4 | 339 | 127 | 126 | 39 | 75 | 23 | 49 | 7 |
| Donegal | 10 | 8 | 1,080 | 43 | 594 | 7 | 173 | 2 | 129 | 1 |
| Down | 8 | 4 | 631 | 4 | 288 | — | — | — | 289 | 1 |
| Fermanagh | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Londonderry | 4 | 1 | 99 | — | 91 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Monaghan | 5 | 3 | 262 | 81 | 37 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 148 | 56 |
| Tyrone | 7 | 4 | 725 | 3 | 111 | — | — | — | 601 | — |
| Totals | 59 | 32 | 3,644 | 279 | 1,288 | 47 | 313 | 37 | 1,636 | 86 |