§ 85. Mr. FIELDasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland what arrangements are being made by means of National Service to ensure that harvest operations shall be efficiently carried out; whether he is aware of the exodus of labour from Ireland; whether over 1,000 men have been obliged to leave St. Patrick's Division in consequence of restricting the brewing, distilling, and malting industry; and whether he can state how it is proposed to find employment in Ireland?
§ Mr. DUKEProposals for dealing with harvesting operations in the coming harvest season have been prepared and are under consideration. A considerable number of men have come to England for employment. I have no statistics which enable me to deal separately with the case of the St. Patrick's Division of Dublin. As to the last inquiry in the question, I would refer to the answer I gave on the 15th May to a question of the hon. Member for the Harbour Division of Dublin.