§ Mr. CHARLES CRAIGasked the Chief Secretary whether the attention of the Local Government Board has been called to the overcrowded and insanitary condition of Torthill burying ground, Galway; in whom is the control of the burying ground vested; and whether he will call for a report from the medical officer of health as to the condition of the graveyard?
§ Mr. BIRRELLIn accordance with the undertaking given in my reply to a question on the same subject asked by the hon. Member on 24th July, 1907, the Local Government Board communicated with the Galway Urban District Council, in whom the control of the burial ground is vested. The medical officer of health did not consider that sufficient space existed for the opening of new graves, and the council informed the Board that no new graves had been opened for some years past, and that only those whose grave spaces or vaults had been reserved could claim a right to interment in the cemetery. No complaint has been received since 1907.