§ MR. O'MARATo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he will state the number of British Government pensioners in 984 receipt of Poor Law relief in Ireland, and the cost of relief to this class, discriminating, if possible, between Civil Service, Army, Navy, and police pensioners.
§ (Answered by Mr. Bryce.) The Local Government Board are not in a position to furnish the particulars asked for in the Question. The hon. Member will find some information on the subject in the Report of the Viceregal Commission of Poor Law Reform, paragraphs 222 to 225, recently presented to Parliament; but, as is explained in the Report, it is not possible to obtain complete information on the subject, because inmates of workhouses in Ireland are not always willing to state that they have been soldiers.