§ Mr. BYRNEasked the Under-Secretary of State for War if he will define the position of Irishmen resident in Great Britain in relation to the Military Service Act, 1916; and whether he is aware that one Irishman, who was employed in Wales on war work for seven months and who, owing to ill-health, resigned his position and went back to Tralee, has now been informed by the authorities there that he must go back to Wales as a conscript?
§ Mr. TENNANTAn Irishman in Great Britain who comes within the terms of Section 1 of the Military Service Act is subject to the provisions of that Act in the same way as an Englishman or a Scotsman. If an Irishman was ordinarily resident in Wales on the 15th August, and was a man within the terms of Section 1 of the Act, the Act would continue to apply to him although, owing to ill health, he returned to Ireland. But if he was only temporarily resident in Wales, or residing there for some special purpose, he could not be considered as "ordinarily resident" there, and, therefore, would not come within the scope of the Act.