§ 7. Mr. O'DONNELLasked the Chief Secretary the total amount deducted from the Local Taxation Account for Kerry in each of the years 1906 to 1913, inclusive, under the following heads: medical and educational expenditure in unions, salaries to sanitary officers in rural and urban districts, estate duty Grant in respect of land purchase liability, railway, and harbour charges under Section 58 of The Local Government Act, 1898; what is the total loss to the country under all those heads in each of those years; and what steps are proposed to be taken to have this money refunded to the county?
§ Mr. BIRRELLDuring the years 1906, 1907, and 1908 no deductions were made from payments to county Kerry out of the Local Taxation (Ireland) Account in respect of expenditure on medical and educational purposes, salaries of sanitary officers in rural and urban districts, or railway and 1926 harbour charges; but in 1907 and 1908 the sum of £838 8s. 3d. and £620 5s. 1d., respectively, were deducted from the share of the county in the Estate or Death Duty Grant in respect of land purchase liability in the county. As regards the years 1909 to 1913, inclusive, I would refer the hon. Member to the detailed statement which I forwarded to him in reply to his similar question on the 25th April last. I am not in a position to make any statement with regard to the final paragraph of the question.