§ 91. Captain CLIVEasked whether by 1915 and in subsequent years the Irish Church Temporalities Fund will be able to provide the existing annuity of £70,000 per annum to the Department of Agriculture; and, if not, what amount it is estimated that the fund will be able then to bear?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEI understand that it is probable that after 1915 the Irish Church Temporalities Fund will not be able to meet in full the charges upon it inclusive of the £70,000 payable for the fifteen years ending in 1915 to the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction under the Act of 1899. Owing to the difficulty of forecasting the redemption of revenue of the fund, it is not possible for me to state what amount the fund will then be able to bear. When the Government of Ireland Bill becomes law, the Irish Church Fund will be transferred to the Irish Government.