§ Colonel ASHLEYasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether his attention has been called to the fact that at a recent meeting of the Castleblayney Rural District Council the Chairman stated that in the case of compensation for malicious injury Dail Eireann was sending out men to inspect the damage done to private property, which would include dwelling-houses, hay, etc., and that when reports had been sent in Dail Eireann would in form the council as to the rate that should be struck to meet the claims; and what action the Government intend to take to secure that such matters shall be decided by the King's Courts and not by illegal organisations?
Sir H. GREENWOOD: No, Sir; I am informed that the council resolved unanimously not to oppose malicious injury claims. The ordinary procedure will he followed.