§ MR. MACARTNEYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been drawn to a resolution of the Ivora branch, I.N.F., of 8th April, published in The Donegal Vindicator, of the 20th of April, denouncing land-grabbers and emergency-men, and to a resolution of the Sarsfield branch, I.N.L., published in The Limerick Leader, of the 25th of April, denouncing and holding up to public execration, as land-grabbers, Timothy Riordan and Thomas Donnellan, T.C.; whether he is aware that Timothy Riordan has since offered to give up his farm; and whether any Report was made, as to these resolutions, by the Constabulary authorities?
§ MR. DANEBefore the right hon. Gentleman answers that question, may I ask if this is not the branch which recently denounced another man?
MR. J. MORLEYThe hon. Member must know it is impossible to answer questions like that without notice.
MR. J. MORLEYWhether the hon. Member does so or not, I may at once say that if the questions asked are intended to imply that the practice of denouncing persons in Ireland as land-grabbers and holding them up to public execration is on the increase, I wish emphatically to state that this is a mistake, for the practice is remarkably on the decrease.
MR. T. M. HEALYIs it in Order for the hon. Member for North Fermanagh to put such questions orally and without notice?
§ MR. SPEAKERIt is not in Order, but I understood the hon. Member to say he would put the question down.