§ Mr. JOYCEasked the Chief Secretary whether any further information has been tendered to him in regard to the labourers' cottages at Lisnagry, county Limerick; whether, when Boyle and Sullivan refused the cottages at Annacotty, they did so on the grounds that two other labourers were to be evicted in order to put them in possession; and, if so, whether an inquiry will be granted so that the full facts may be brought out in this case?
§ Mr. BIRRELLI have received a further complaint from Boyle and Sullivan. I am aware that these labourers refused cottages at Annacotty on grounds such as are stated in. the question, but the Local Government Board point out that same of the persons originally selected by the rural district council as tenants were not agricultural labourers within the meaning of the Labourers Acts, and were therefore legally ineligible. Having regard to this circumstance and to the facts mentioned in my answer to the question asked by the hon. Member on the 14th instant, it does not appear that any advantage would be gained by a local inquiry.