§ Mr. LYNCHasked the Chief Secretary whether, in regard to the housing scheme and the water scheme of Kilrush, West Clare, he has considered the representations of the majority of the urban council and of the most substantial tradesmen in the town, that there is no urgent need of a water scheme, that the town is remarkably healthy, that the demand for a water scheme has come from a limited section of persons having no special authority in administrative matters, that the cost of the proposed water scheme would be ruinous, and that, as the rates are already excessive, the establishment of this scheme would be a bar to works of pressing need and of great public utility; and whether the Local Government Board will cease to urge this scheme and will consent to a loan for the housing scheme?
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§ Mr. BIRRELLI have received a petition from the ratepayers of the urban district of Kilrush in connection with this matter. I would refer the hon. Member to the several replies given to his previous similar questions on this subject. As I have already informed the hon. Member, the urban council have the remedy in their own hands, and the sooner they provide a water supply the sooner the question of a housing scheme will be considered.