§ Mr. GINNELLasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether, to show the amount of relief derived by ratepayers in Ireland from the Old Age Pensions Act and the National Insurance Act, he will state the entire amount spent on poor relief in Ireland in the financial years 1908–9 and 1914–15, respectively, and the difference between those two years' amounts?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe total poor relief expenditure for the financial year ended the 31st March, 1909, amounted to £1,122,094, but the figures for the year ended the 31st ultimo are not available, and consequently the difference between the expenditure for the two years cannot yet be given.