§ Mr. BYRNEasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that there were 200 innocent persons, non-combatants, killed during the rising in Ireland; and if the Government intends to make any provision for their dependants?
Mr. SAMUELApart from 116 soldiers, sailors, and policemen killed on duty, it appears from cemetery records that 224 civilians were buried whose deaths were due to wounds received during the recent outbreak in Dublin, but there is no evidence to show whether these persons were innocent or not. The reply to the concluding part of the question is in the negative.