§ Captain REDMONDasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland, whether the counties of Carlow, King's County, Monaghan, and Sligo have, up to the present, received no share of the reconstruction grant of £250,000 allotted for the employment of demobilised sailors and soldiers in Ireland; and, if so, will he explain why these counties have not received any grant?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONEvery county in Ireland was asked to put forward a suitable scheme or schemes. The vast majority of counties did so, and grants were allocated. I presume that the counties mentioned put forward no schemes, or, if they did, the scheme was not suitable.