§ MR. HUGH LAW (Donegal, W.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, if he will state the total amount expended in Poor Law relief in Ireland, and also the amounts expended respectively upon actual relief of distress in and out of workhouses, and upon the salaries and emoluments of officials.
(Answered by Mr. Cherry.) The following table gives the poor relief expenditure for twelve months ending 30th September, 1906, the latest period for 31 which information is published, the main heads of expenditure being given:—
£ Cost of indoor relief District schools:— 456,474 Cost of maintenance 7,918 Boarded-out children:— Cost of maintenance 16,600 Cost of outdoor relief 198,337 Salaries and rations of officers, amount of 204,307 Institutions for the blind, etc., and external hospitals:— Cost of maintenance of persons sent thereto by the guardians 21,175 Medicines, etc., in workhouses:— Cost 10,861 Other expenses 125,948 Total poor relief expenditure £1,041,620