§ 9. Mr. GINNELLasked the Chief Secretary whether the Local Government Board for Ireland have power, when the condition of families in a rural district is such as to justify the grant of outdoor relief to them, to prevent the landlord obtaining and appropriating that relief as rent, leaving the families destitute, as is being done on the estate of Lady 'Chapman of Killua; and, if so, whether the Board will exercise that power and protect against claims for rent what is necessary for the subsistence of those families?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe determination of the form in which poor relief is given in particular cases is a matter for the boards of guardians concerned. The guardians may give the relief in either money or food, and the Local Government Board have no power to interfere with their decision, or to direct how the relief which is afforded in money shall be expended by the recipients.
§ Mr. GINNELLI beg to give notice I will call attention to this matter on the Motion for Adjournment to-morrow (Friday) night.