asked the Minister for Local Government and Public Health if he will state the number of inmates and patients maintained and treated in the Meath County Home and Meath County Hospital, respectively, for the last audited period; if he will also state the maintenance cost per head irrespective of establishment charges and the respective establishment charges in these institutions.

The number of persons maintained in the Meath County Home during the last audited period, viz., the half-year ended the 31st of March, 1923, was 435. The number of persons treated in the Meath County Hospital during the same period was 247. The average weekly costs per head in respect of maintenance, irrespective of establishment charges, were:—

and in respect of establishment charges:—