The question regarding the distribution of grants to Dublin Hospitals is again to be brought up in Parliament by the Government. So much was stated by the Secretary to the Treasury on Thursday night in reply to Mr T. W. Russell and Mr Sexton.
There was, however, a reservation in the reply as to a certain obstacle which prevented the passing of the bill last year. What the obstacle is was not stated, but we assume it was the objection to the very serious proposal to diminish the grants to Dublin by £4,500 a year, or in other words, to reduce the total hospital accommodation of the city by as much as nearly one hundred beds.
We hope that whatever may be done by a bill which on its old lines was so full of objectionable provisions, the public will raise the strongest opposition to this Treasury parsimony. So far as one can see at present the bill is being promoted but to save money to the Treasury at the expense of the poor.
The Irish Times, March 1st, 1890.