§ 39. Mr. DEVLINasked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that a number of girls of the Belfast Rope Works are at present, out of employment owing to the slackness of trade; whether the out-of-work donation has been refused to these 1091 girls, who are out of employment through no fault of their own; and whether he will take action to remedy this grievance?
§ Sir R. HORNEThe Out-of-Work Donation Scheme as amended for Ireland on the 6th March last provides that donation shall only be payable to workpeople who were insured under the National Insurance (Unemployment) Acts of 1911–1918, and to workpeople employed in trades certified by the Lord Lieutenant as being trades in which there is a substantial amount of unemployment directly caused by the cessation of hostilities. The rope-making trade is not so certified; and the workpeople are consequently not entitled to donation. Their case is, however, under consideration