§ 16. Lieut.-Colonel HOWARD - BURYasked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether the cases before the Irish Grants Committee are taken in alphabetical order or in the order in which they were received; the number of cases that have been considered; the amounts that have been recommended for award; and the number of cases that remain to be considered?
§ Mr. AMERYI understand that it is the practice of the Irish Grants Committee to consider applications as far as possible in the order in which they are received. The total number of applications received by them is 3,036, of which 10 they have considered 1,034, leaving 2,002 still to be dealt with. As regards the amount of the awards, I do not anticipate receiving any recommendations from the Committee until they have completed their work; but, as I informed my hon. Friend the Member for Down (Mr. Reid) on the 12th instant, the Committee have in a number of cases recommended that interim payments should be made forthwith, and these recommendations have in every case been accepted, and the amounts so recommended have been paid.
§ 17. Lieut.-Colonel HOWARD-BURYasked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether the Irish Grants Committee are considering and making recommendations in cases of woods and forests cut down for which the Free State have given no compensation?
§ Lieut.-Colonel HOWARD-BURYDoes that include those which have been turned down because they were sent in at the last moment?