§ MR. SHEEHAN (Cork County, Mid.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will state what stage has been reached in the improvement scheme under the Labourers Acts by the Dunmanway District Council; what is the cause of the delay in sending the petition for the local inquiry to the Local Government Board; and will steps be taken to expedite matters so that labourers living in unsanitary houses may be promptly provided with better dwellings.
§ MR. CHERRYThe Local Government Board have ascertained from the clerk of the district council that the proposed scheme has not yet been signed. The maps in relation to the scheme appear to have been made out, and the notices prepared for service on the owners and occupiers. The Local Government Board are about to address the district council in regard to the unnecessary delay which appears to have taken place in the matter.