§ Mr. LEWIS HASLAMasked the Prime Minister whether a decision has been arrived at with regard to the payment of the Grant to the Irish Agricultural Organisation Society from the Development Commissioners' Fund; and, if so, will he state the terms upon which the Grant will be made?
§ The PRIME MINISTEROwing to legal difficulties the Irish Agricultural Organisation Society were unable to accept the third condition as set forth in the Treasury letter of the 1st April, already laid before Parliament. The society, however, have given an assurance which the Treasury have accepted as satisfactory, that no part of the society's funds while it is receiving a Grant will be spent upon the organisation of other than purely agricultural business. Upon this assurance and on the acceptance by the society of the other three conditions set forth in the Treasury letter referred to, the Grant of £2,000 is being paid through the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction.