§ Mr. WILLIAM REDMONDasked whether the amount due on the rebate on Irish-grown tobacco is to be deducted from the grant of £6,000 a year which has been promised for five years to encourage the tobacco industry in Ireland?
The VICE-PRESIDENT of the DEPARTMENT of AGRICULTURE (Ireland) (Mr. T. W. Russell)It has now been arranged with the Treasury that the rebate on tobacco grown before 1st April, 1909, will not be a charge on the new grant of £6,000 a year for five years. The Commissioners of Customs and Excise have been authorised to continue a rebate of one-third of the duty on such tobacco until all of it shall have been cleared.