§ Mr. DEVLINasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he can state the names of the local authorities in Ireland which have applied for loans for housing under the Housing of the Working Classes (Ireland) Act, the amount applied for, and the amount granted, in each case; and whether he can state the names of the local urban authorities in Ireland which are unable to avail themselves of the provisions of the Act owing to their having already passed the limit of their borrowing powers?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe following table gives the particulars asked for in the first portion of the hon. Member's question. Besides the instances in which loans have been sanctioned, the Local Government Board have under their consideration seventeen cases in which inquiries have been already held into applications made by local authorities; in four further cases inquiries have yet to be held, and in ten cases the Board are in correspondence with the local authorities with a view to the holding of inquiries. No such inability exists as that referred to in the concluding portion of the question, as under Section 2 of the Act of 1908 money borrowed for the purposes of the Housing of the Working Classes Acts is not to be reckoned as part of the debt of a local authority for the purpose of the limitation on borrowing contained in Section 238 of the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878:—
616WOperations under the Housing of the Working Glasses (Ireland) Act, 1908, up to 20th June, 1910:—
Urban District. Amount Applied for. Amount Sanctioned. £ s. d. £ s. d. Arklow 2,000 0 0 — Armagh. 700 0 0 700 0 0 Athlone 4,000 0 0 4,000 0 0 Athlone 2,200 0 0 — Ballina 7,500 0 0 — Ballymoney 3,500 0 0 — Belfast 116,342 5 0 — Birr 5,000 0 0 — Blackrock 14,500 0 0 14,500 0 0 Blackrock 500 0 0 — Carlow 3,000 0 0 — Cashel 450 0 0 — Castlebar 4,000 0 0 — Cavan 3,500 0 0 — Clonmel 5,000 0 0 — Dalkey 1,200 0 0 1,200 0 0 Drogheda 15,000 0 0 — Dublin 17,400 0 0 17,250 0 0 Dublin 8,200 0 0 8,200 0 0 Dublin 18,207 0 0 — Dungarvan 3,870 0 0 3,870 0 0 Ennis 12,516 15 9 — Enniscorthy 3,000 0 0 — Fermoy 1,100 0 0 1,100 0 0 Fermoy 11,160 0 0 — Galway 320 0 0 320 0 0 Galway 1,332 0 0 — Galway 9,384 0 0 — Granard 4,500 0 0 — Kells 1,900 0 0 1,900 0 0 Kilkenny 6,450 0 0 6,000 0 0 Kingstown 9,000 0 0 9,000 0 0 Kingstown 3,000 0 0 3,000 0 0 Letterkenny 6,000 0 0 — Listowel 4,500 0 0 4,500 0 0 Navan 2,600 0 0 — Omagh 1,700 0 0 — Omagh 900 0 0 — Tipperary 650 0 0 650 0 0 Tipperary 6,000 0 0 — Tralee 7,000 0 0 7,000 0 0 Trim 2,800 0 0 — Waterford 16,000 0 0 — Westport 2,000 0 0 — Wexford 7,000 0 0 7,000 0 0 Town Commissioners (non-Urban). Bandon 4,028 4 0 — Bantry 1,300 0 0 1,300 0 0 Callan 4,000 0 0 — Maryborough 7,000 0 0 — Mullingar 3,000 0 0 — Newcastle 2,400 0 0 3,000 0 0 Roscommon 7,000 0 0 —