asked the Minister for Local Government if he will state if the accounts of the amalgamated Edenderry No. 3 and Trim Rural District Councils have been audited, and, if so, if notification of the audit was published in the Press of the above area; further, if he is aware that in the year following the amalgamation of these Council areas the rates increased from 3s. to 8s. 6½d. in the pound, and if statements will be published showing how the sum of £6,665 collected in 1921-22 was expended, and also showing the particulars of expenditure in the case of each District Council in the year prior to amalgamation.
CEISTEANNA—QUESTIONS. ORAL ANSWERS. - EDENDERRY AND TRIM R.D.C. ACCOUNTS.
The accounts of the Trim Rural District Council were audited for the half-year ended 31st March, 1921. Arrangements have been made for the audit of subsequent periods, and in the meantime, I am making inquiries into the other questions raised by the Deputy. I will inform him of the result as soon as possible.