MR. C. MACVEIGH (Donegal, E.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been called to the applications of George Devenny and J. J. Kildea to the Strabane (No. 2) Rural District Council for cottages under the Labourers Acts, one on the farm of Mr. Cunningham, Castletown, the other on the farm of Mr. G. Hyndman, Trentagh; can be say why their applications were refused by the Local Government Board inspector; and whether he will take steps to have their cases reconsidered, so that these men, who are living in unsanitary houses, may have cottages provided for them by the rural district council under the Labourers Acts.
(Answered by Mr. Cherry.) In the case of Devenny, the reason assigned by the inspector for refusing the application was that the applicant had vacated the house examined by the sanitary officer, and had gone to reside in Newton-Hamilton. The applicant Kildea refused to agree to the site selected by the rural district council, and the inspector had therefore no option but to reject the application. As the inspector has completed his order in respect of the scheme, he cannot now reconsider these applications.