§ MR. TIMOTHY HEALY (Louth, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland who selected the colour of the ensign for the Irish Fishery Department which has recently been adopted; are there any letters or minutes respecting the colour of the flag; and by whose order was it settled that no portion of the flag should be green?
§ *THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. W. L. JACKSON, Leeds, N.)The Inspectors of Irish Fisheries are all absent from Dublin on duty in the country. I learn by telegraph that the question of the flag has not yet been submitted to the newly-constituted Board.
§ *MR. JACKSONI presume so.
§ MR. HEALYMay I ask when this question will be considered? It has been stated in the newspapers that the design does not include the national colour.
§ *MR. JACKSONI have no knowledge on the subject. As I have said, the Inspectors are away, and I can only give the House such information as I have received.