§ Mr. DEVLINasked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that under a special scheme of the Government Army horses are offered to ex-soldiers at £7 10s.; whether ex-soldiers who have made application in Ireland are informed that the scheme does not apply to Ireland, and whether he will at once issue instructions that the benefits of this scheme will be extended to Irishmen who have served in the War?
Captain GUESTI understand that the Irish Department of Agriculture through fear of possible infection strictly prohibit the import into Ireland of Army horses from theatres of war or horses of foreign extraction. It is for this reason, and also 1685W because no Territorial trainings take place in Ireland, that the scheme under which Army horses are boarded out with liability to be called up for annual Territorial training is not applied to Ireland.