§ MR. ARTHUR O'CONNOR (Donegal, E.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether the County Donegal is among the counties proclaimed under the Criminal Law Amendment (Ireland) Act; and, if so, whether he will state specifically the grounds for such Proclamation? May I be allowed to add to the Question, whethes he is aware that, while the Constitutional liberties of the people of Donegal are suspended under the Proclamation, it is not possible even to obtain a copy of the Act under which it is done?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR) (Manchester, E.)Sir, I cannot admit that the Constitutional 40 liberties of any body are suspended. If, however, any information with regard to the provisions of the Act is required, I shall be glad to consider any means by which those provisions may be published in a convenient and general form. [Mr. T. M. HEALY: Give them a presentation copy.] It is quite true that Donegal is included among the counties that have been generally proclaimed. Donegal is especially one of those counties to which I referred in which the area of disturbance is relatively small, though serious. In the barony of Kilmacrennan there is disturbance. Sixty-one persons were Boycotted; violent resistance has been experienced by officers of the law in enforcing legal processes; police-con-stables have been badly injured; and gross attempts have been made to intimidate the Bench and witnesses in a Court of Justice.