§ MR. F. MEEHANTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that a number 850 of poor people in the district of Glenferne, County Leitrim, have been decreed for money borrowed from the Loan Fund. Company, Belcoo and Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, notwithstanding the fact that in many instances the money had been repaid and receipts produced; whether the police in the district are in. possession of warrants to execute decrees in connection with the same; and, if so, whether he would direct an inquiry to be made into the matter before the police proceed to collect the amounts of the said decrees.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The police have received sixty-four warrants for execution upon decrees obtained at the suit of the receiver of the Belcoo and Enniskillen loan fund societies against borrowers and their sureties, many of whom allege that they have paid portions of the debts. The police have been instructed that, in every case in which such allegation is made, they should communicate with the receiver before executing the warrant, and should then proceed as directed by the receiver, who is responsible for any action that may be taken for enforcement of the warrants.