§ Mr. SHEEHANasked the Chief Secretary whether the Local Government Board have received from Mrs. Kate Foley, tenant of a labourer's cottage at Springhill, Lissarda, in the Macroom rural district, a statement of her position and of the alleged grievance which she suffers at the hands of the district council; that it is sought to demand rent from her for an uncompleted cottage and unfenced plot, and without any legal bond having been 2446W entered into by her with the council; and will he state what steps the Local Government Board propose to take in the matter?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Local Government Board have received a statement from Mrs. Foley to the effect indicated in the question. The rural district council proposes to institute legal proceedings against the tenant, and in such cases the Board do not interfere.