§ 73. Mr. LUNDONasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he is aware that at a recent meeting of the general council of the county councils a demand was made that each county council in Ireland should be supplied with a list of tenants within its area who have failed to pay their land purchase annuities; and, in view of the sums which have been deducted from the Grants to county councils to meet such failures as those indicated, will the demand be acceded to so that some real and definite steps may be taken by the local authorities to relieve the ratepayers of this burden?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. I am now giving special consideration to the question whether the request of the county councils for more detailed information, in regard to defaulting annuitants in their respective counties, can be met in a way that would be useful to them, without undue expenditure.