§ 6. Mr. PATRICK MEEHANasked whether, in view of the difficulty during the period of the War of procuring a sufficient sum of money from the Treasury to finance in whole pending schemes for the building of labourers' cottages in Ireland, the portion of the schemes dealing with applicants whose present houses have been condemned as insanitary and unfit for human habitation will be proceded with?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe reply is in the affirmative; but it will be necessary for the rural district council in each case to satisfy fully the Local Government Board that the occupants of such dwellings cannot be otherwise provided for before this portion of the scheme can be authorised to be proceeded with.