§ MR. DELANY (Queen's County, Ossory)To ask the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that the military at present engaged in manœuvres in Queen's County are encamped on an evicted farm at Clonaslee; and, if so, can he state who is responsible for this fact; and, in view of the fact that the evicted tenant is seeking reinstatement under the Act of 1903, whether he will advise the military authorities to remove the camp and make compensation to the evicted tenant for damage.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Arnold-Forster.) The field firing camp at Clon-aslee was hired through the agent to the 1053 persons on whose property the camp lies. The responsibility for troops being camped on part of an evicted farm does not rest with the military authorities, and it is not proposed either to remove the camp or to compensate the evicted tenant for damage.