§ Resolution reported, " That it is expedient to authorise the repayment to the Ireland Development Grant, out of moneys provided by Parliament, of 1444 such annual sum as may be advanced out of that fund, in pursuance of any Act of the present session to amend the Law relating to Labourers in Ireland, and to make provision with respect to the application of portion of the Ireland Development Grant."
§ Motion made, and Question proposed, '' That this House doth agree with the Committee in the said Resolution."
§ CAPTAIN CRAIG (Down, E.)said he wished to draw attention to the fact that this money Resolution would have an effect on the counties of the North of Ireland. For instance, he county of Ireland a portion of which he represented was entitled to £3,466 per annum—
§ MR. JOHN REDMOND (Waterford)pointed out that the Resolution before the House was one affecting money to be taken from the Irish Development Fund for the purposes of advances to the Irish labourers' cottages. The hon. Member for East Down was going into the consideration of Clause 18 of the Labourers Bill by which it was proposed that there should be a new distribution of certain grants which had nothing earthly to do with the Report stage on this financial Resolution.
§ CAPTAIN CRAIGsubmitted that the whole question of the finance of that Bill was based upon this Resolution. Therefore he insisted he was perfectly entitled to discuss what share each county should have in the distribution of the money under this Resolution.
§ MR. SPEAKERsaid that Exchequer grants which were already made could not be discussed. This Resolution only had reference to grants to be made here after
§ CAPTAIN CRAIGsaid in that case he would raise this question in Committee.